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part of any fyftem, the fpecific diftinftions; 
fmce LiNNiEUs had not as yet completed 
the exemplification by modelling the cha- 
radler throughout the whole ; the Species 
Tlantariim not being publiilied till the year 
J753- 
I mean not to enter on any detail of his 
numerous writings, fmce they are well 
known, and moil of them pofterior to the 
limits of my plan. Although it may be 
difficult to reconcile the praifes this au- 
thor beftows on Linnaeus, in many of his 
writings, with the cenfures contained in his 
Britifh Herbal," yet his works had a fa- 
vourable influence in promoting the fcience 
in general, though not the Liniiizan modifi-T 
cation of it in particular 
* For an account of Sir Johi Hill, I refer the reader 
tp the Biographica Dramatica, Edit, the 2d, 1782.. 
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