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Show é br ff th n o a o C th ni ch I his Tr theIntrigues of the Gods, and then-pafie on ‘to'a handfome Image of the Combg W es cu He a w el dc betwee e fp 3 Bid 3 < Yrach 348 Fmmodelk i to 'Pity and Concern, and go nd,ifaifth?r h tl ge ' bl ft ef ir t ne of Lov how lightly the:Poet' touches upon aft'a ‘morous Theme: He glides along like' upon the Water; and sk;msfli Swallo Surface. ‘without dippinga Feathers -1 111 1 Sophocles will afford us no more; let'u therefore take -2 «wiew of Exripides. -"Ti the Method of this' Authorto decline th Singularitieofs ‘the Szuge, and to'appea with an Air of Converfation. He deliver wigreat Thoughts in: Common Language ~ """and is drefs'd more likea Gentleman tha a, Player,.. His Diftinftion lies in the per fprcuity of his Stile; "In Maxim;: an Moral Refle€tion ; In. his. peculiar Hap pinefs for touching the Paffions, efpeciall that of Pity: And laftly, in exhauftin the Caufe, and arguing Pro and Cos, vp on the ftretch of Reafon. So much b way of Charater. And as for the Matus.He is entirely Ours... W ter befor have had an Inftance or two already-i Electra and Phedra: T go on to the relk ' Ifi'~}gj§~HtfPolt'tz¢5 He callsi¥, bormg;ffiiipigi nefs and' ‘playing the Fool. ‘Andasw‘to' Chiaf \:1\. i ,;‘1.'.' wit i ga b fc th@C o b H I_ Tid!pp& |