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Excerpt from Essays Upon Several Subjects Whether this Delicacy pro ceeds from a more refin'd and ele gant Tafie, or an indolent; and un a 'tive Temper of mind, }i (hall not here examine 3 but in Fa l, the Oh fervation is fo qt, that not Only long and methodical Syliems of Divinity, Natural Philofophy, Morals and Medicine are grown' difagreeable, but? Likewile voluminous Romances, the Delight of the pafl Age, are no longer demanded, but lie by as neg le 'ted Lumber in the Shops, while fhort Novels and Tales are become the common Entertainment of thofe who are pleas'd with Pi 'tions of that Nature. And fhould it be granted, that this ariies from 'a great, er and more univerfal Relifh of P0 lite Literature, 'i am afraid that the principal Interefls of Learning, and the Advancement of folid Know ledge will fuller by it. There is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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