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felf from the tedloufnefs of delivering all little 

 nice particulars, by his faying NOW, mean- 

 ing before he wrote — 



Art has fo far improved on nature's ftore, 

 That fcarce it felf can add one beauty more* 



Still no fooner will fuch a languid Read- 

 er commence or Aftor, or Spectator on 

 this fylvan Theatre, but the melodious Sym- 

 phonies of Birds — the foft modulations of 

 tremulous Leaves — the inartful amours of 

 cooing Turtles — and the young Woodward's 

 intermiffion of his whiftle to ling of Fuhia's 

 radiant Eyes, will make him forget my dif- 

 parity v/ith the Poet, on account of my want 

 of more harmonious terms and over plenty 

 of dry matter. 



CHAP, 



