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Pomp, and the Sublime from Fuftian and Bom
baft, I fhall think my Time well spent ; and shall
be ready to fubmit to the Cenfures of a Judge,
but fall only smile at the Snarling of what is
commonly called a Critic.

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Of Puerilities.

SECT. III.

Of the Parenthyrfe, or ill-timed Emotion.

Of the Frigid.

SECT. IV.

SECT. V.

SECT. VI

Whence thefe Imperfections take their Rise.

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That a Knowledge of the true Sublime is attainable. 13

SECT. VII.

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Of Amplification.

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SECT. XII.

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That the Definition, which the Writers of Rhetoric give

of Amplification, is improper.

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That the best Authors ought to be our Models in Writing.

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That Figures and Sublimity mutually affift one another. 50

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That the Sublime with fome Faults, is better than what is correct and faultless without being Sublime.

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By the preceding Rule Demofthenes and Hyperides are compared, and the Preference given to the former. 81 SECT. XXXV.

That Plato is in all respects fuperior to Lyfias; and in general, that whatever is great and uncommon, fooneft raifes Admiration.

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SECT. XXXIX.

Of Compofition or Structure of Words.

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Of apt Connexion of the conftituent Parts of Difcourfe. 95

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That broken and precipitate Measures debafe the Sublime.

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That Words of Short Syllables are prejudicial to the
Sublime.

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That Contraction of Stile diminishes the Sublime.

SECT. XLIII.

That low Terms blemish the Sublime.

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The Scarcity of fublime Writers accounted for.

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