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the general truth and accuracy of Mr* 

 Burke's system, for it is the foundation of 

 my own; but I must be very ignorant of 

 human nature, to suppose " our ideas 

 clearly settled" on any question of that 

 kind. I therefore have always spoken 

 cautiously, and even doubtingly, to avoid 

 the imputation of judging for others; I 

 have said — if we agree with Mr. Burke — 

 according to Mr. Burke, — and in the next 

 chapter to this, I have stated that Mr. 

 Burke has done a great deal towards settling 

 the vague and contradictory ideas, &c. 

 These passages so very plainly shew how 

 little I presumed to suppose our ideas were 

 clearly settled, that no person, who had 

 read the book with any degree of atten- 

 tion, could have made such a remark; and 

 I must say, that whoever does venture to 

 criticize what he has not considered, h 

 much more his own enemy, than the au- 

 thor's. 



By way of convincing his readers that 

 Mr. Burke's ideas of the sublime are un- 

 worthy of being; attended to, Mr. G. Ma- 



