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contributed to render this kind of composition at 

 once more instructive and more pleasing. 



Finally, in enumerating the peculiar advan- 

 tages under which poetic compositions were pre- 

 sented during the last age, it would be improper 

 to omit taking notice of the illustration of poetic 

 pictures by elegant engravings, and other appro- 

 priate ornaments. The Shakspeare Gallery, the 

 plates for illustrating Milton, Thomson, and many 

 other distinguished poets, had certainly no equals 

 in any preceding age. 



