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lie exhibition, is this, that the appearance 

 of the firft part had been deferred till ano- 

 ther year, for the purpofe of repeating fome 

 experiments in vegetation. 



The Doclor was accufto'med to remark, 

 that whenever a ftrange ftep had been taken, 

 if any way obnoxious to cenlure, the alleged 

 reafon was fcarcely ever the real motive, 

 His own fingular management in this in- 

 ftance, and the way in which he accounted 

 for it, proved a cafe in point. He was 

 confcious that the fecond part of his work 

 would be more level than the firft to the 

 comprehenfion, more congenial to the tafte 

 of the fuperficial reader, from it's being 

 much lefs abftrad: and metaphyfic, while 

 it pofleffed more than fufficient poetic 

 matter to entertain and charm the enlight- 

 ened and judicious few. They, however, he 

 well knew, when his firft part mould appear, 

 would feel it's fuperiority to the earlier pub- 

 lication, it's grander conceptions, it's more 



fplendid 



