and

    Dryden

   ? Is there any other Evangelic Moral than that of Dr.

    Tillotson

   ?

   Those who accuse the

    English

   Language of not being copious enough, do, in Truth, find a Sterility, but 'tis in themselves.

    Rem Verba Sequuntur

   .

   When one is thoroughly struck with an Idea, when a Man of Sense, fill'd with Warmth, is in full Possession of his Thought, it comes from him all ornamented with suitable Expressions, as

    Minerva

   sprang out, compleatly arm'd, from the Head of

    Jupiter

   .

   In short, the Conclusion of all this is, that you must never seek for far-fetch'd Thoughts, Conceits or Expressions; and that the Art of all great Works, is to reason well, without making many Arguments; to paint accurately, without Painting all; to move, without always exciting the Passions.

   He is a wit of an under Region, grosly imitating on the lower rope, what t'other does neatly on the higher; and is only for the laughter of the vulgar; whilst your wiser and better sort can scarcely smile at him: He talks nothing but kennel-raked fluff, and his discourse is rather like fruit cane up rotten from the ground, than freshly gathered from 

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