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An intercaurfe, fupported through fuch 

 zn imperfect medium, muft ever be 

 confined, precarious, and difagreeable. 

 Add to this, in my prefent fituation, 

 I am almoft entirely deftitute of books, 

 by which I might correct my errors, 

 and elucidate my ideas, and confequent- 

 ly debarred, from imitating the practice 

 of authors, who pretty generally purfue 

 the advice of Seneca *, with advantage. 

 Perhaps, however, this deprivation, may 

 not be very coniiderabie, fince little 

 has been wrote on this fubjedt, which 

 can deferve attention. 



* Nos qucque has Apes (qui flores ad mel 

 faciendum idoneos carpunt et qui collegerunt, 

 in hunc faporem mixtura quadam, et proprietate 

 fpiritus fui mutant) debemus imitari ; et quae- 

 cunque ex diverfa lectione congeffimus, fepa^ 

 rare : Deinde adhibita ingenii noftri cura, et 

 facilitate, in unum faraorem, varia ilia libamenta 

 confundere : ut etiam fi apparuerit unde fump- 

 tumfit, aliud tamen effe, quam unde fumptum eft, 

 appareat. Epjfi. 84. 



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