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Excerpt from Commentaries on Classical Learning
Cui'ccure of the countenance of a, dif. Tingurlhed Scholar.
In the concluding fe�tion of tliis Week, prefumingfio'n the continuance, of public'tranquillity? ventured to recommend the patronage of litera turerto our rnlers. But, alas! That ?attering profpe�'t feems now to' have vanilhed from our View. Still, though itfbe the lucklefs condition of fociety, that, amidi'c the din of arms, the ingenuou's arts are ne gle�ted; yourr Lordlhip Will allow, that, as learning always offers a. Temporary afyium from the ills of life, it frequently invites us to turn our eyes from the horrorsof war to the contemplation of objects.
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