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DIALOGUES

Concerning

ELOQUENCE

IN GENERAL;

And particularly, that Kind which is
fit for the PULPIT:

By the late

Archbishop of CAMBRAY.

False Eloquence, like the Prismatick Glass,
Its gaudy Colours Spreads on ev'ry Place :
The Face of NATURE, we no more Survey
All glares alike, without Distinction, gay.
But true Expression like th' unchanging Sun,
Clear's and improve's whate'er it shines upon :
It gilds all Objects, but it alters none.

Mr. Pope's Essay on Criticism.

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DIALOGUES

Concerning

ELOQUENCE

IN GENERAL;

And particularly, that Kind which is
fit for the PULPIT:

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A Comparison betwixt the ANTIENTS

and MODERNS.

Translated from the FRENCH, and illustrated
with Nores and QUOTATIONS;
By WILLIAM STEVENSON, Μ. Α.
Rector of Morningthorp in Norfolk.

LONDON:

Printed by T. Wood, for J. WALTHOE, Jun. over-against
the Royal Exchange in Cornhill. MDCCXXII.

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HE French Prefacer has
given a full Account of
the following Pieces. I
think it needless to re-
commend them: they
are the late Archbishop
of CAMBRAY'S. Some
Apology however may be expected for
my Undertaking a Translation that de-
ferv'd the finest Pen. All I can say,
without the Appearance of Vanity, is,
that I was afraid it shou'd fall into worse
Hands. I have more reason to make
some Excuse for the unusual Liberty I
have taken in translating the DIA-
LOGUES. 'Tis what I cou'd not

avoid, Their Stile is extremely concife;
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