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Show imphytrion But here the Decorum is quite loft.» T fee the Tmmortals play fuch Gambols, an the biggeft Beings do the leaft A&ions is ftrangely unnatural An Emperour i li'()ine'f Lu the Grimaces- of an Ape, or the Diverfions of a Kitten, would not be half {o ridiculous. Now as Monfieur Rapin obferves, without Decorum there can b W fay %Wm 1 Qeho no probability, nor without Probability an D f te) Flgh Rl Y , p ek o 1no t N all tet. Con o Gl gy Hoo Fart s v mmm s Of 50)% i begy g informs us, That Wit has been tralydefin' a propriety of Words and Thoughts,- That Propriety of Thought is that Fanc which arifes naturally from the Subject iy o H W, h then without doubr, the Quality, of Characters {hould be taken care of," and grea Perfons appear like themfelves. = Yes, yes all thisns granted by implication, and Mr Dryden comes ftill nearer to the prefen cafe. ' He telis ws, that Propriety is to b obferved, even in Machines; And that th Gods are all to manage their. Peculiar Provences. ~ He inftances in fome of their re{pective Employments;but I don't find tha any of them were totalk Lewdly. No He plainly fuppofes the contrary. Fo as he -goes- on, 'If they were to [peak upz; th his Preface to Albion and Albanins ‘ true Beauty. Nature muft be minded otherwife ‘Things will look forced, tawdry, and chimerical, ¥, Mr. Drydes difcourfes' very handfomly' on this occafion -i |