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" establishment of those various subordinate rules and precepts, -which 

 " apply to the nicer parts and difficulties of the art of translation ; 

 " in deducing those rules and precepts which carry not their own 

 " authority in gremio, from the general principles which are of 

 " acknowledged truth, and in proving and illustrating them by 

 " examples. How far you may have anticipated me even in this 

 " respect, I cannot say, until I have perused your Dissertations. 

 " They appear to contain a rich mine of philological and critical 

 " learning; and I am confident, that if my book comes to a se- 

 * c cond edition, I may be able to profit much by your remarks. In 

 " that case, I shall most cordially, and with the highest pleasure, 

 " acknowledge my obligations.'''' 



To those that are acquainted with the character of Dr Camp- 

 bell, it will be unnecessary to add, that he received Mr Tyt- 

 lek's explanation with the most candid and polite liberality. 

 " The letter you favoured me with, (says he), made me both 

 " ashamed and vexed, that I should have been so rash as to ex- 

 " press myself to Mr Creech in a manner which could give a 

 " moment's uneasiness to a man of merit, especially one whom I 

 " consider myself as having the honour to call a friend. When 

 " / wrote that letter, I neither knew nor suspected who the au- 

 " thor of the Essay was. Had I known what I now know, the 

 " name of the author alone would have convinced me that the co- 

 " incidence ivas merely accidental. — Your arguments are good, 

 " but I was sorry you had recourse to them ; sensible as I am, 

 " that if your declaration had not been sufficient to satisfy me, I 

 " did not deserve to be satisfied: Mathematical demonstration, 

 l ' were you to attempt it, would not give me stronger conviction 



' c than I already have, that what you say is the truth. But to 



" have done with the disagreeable part of this niistake, (he con- 

 " eludes), / cannot avoid mentioning one circumstance in this in- 

 ct cident, which to me is always extremely agreeable, the evidence 



" which 



