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is the glory of their native country to fuch 

 narrow fouls, whofe defigns in life center 

 only in themfelves, and are contrafted to the 

 views of their own Ihort exiftence alone ? 



Altho' I have mentioned that incom- 

 municated property of the Oak, as more af- 

 fiftant to fuch dominion, than any other 

 tree, I fliall not from the reverie of a Druid 

 take up the time of the difpaffionate that 

 way, by entering here on a detail of fuch 

 it's fingular merits, or otherwife in the ge- 

 neral : Nor would the moft elaborate de- 

 fcription of fuch it's fuperior excellencies, 

 which I lhall only partially take as they 

 come in my way, prove any thing more 

 afFefting now, (after that part of my fubjed: 

 has been, according to cuftom, almoft ex- 

 haufted by Poets) than a trite defcription of 

 a fine morning — the month of May— or a 

 calm fea. — Altho' the fimiles of defcripti- 

 on are now become widely different between 

 them, fince nothing new remains to be faid 

 of either of the latter, and nothing to their 

 effence can be added more by man, as to 

 their natural beauty and dignity. 



Still 



