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Excerpt from Observations on Tacitus, in Which His Character as a Writer and an Historian Is Impartially Considered and Compared With That of Livy
Attempts of the fame Kind feemed in a great Meafure ufelefs. The com mon Senfe of the Reader, is therefore principally appealed to and indeed, Laws of Hifiory, and Rules of Griti cifm, not founded in common Senfe, are Matters ratherof Speculation and Curiofity, than of any great Advan tage to the Writer, or the Reader. In Compofition it may be difficult to fay, What is the utmoft Perfe�tion, and how far the Powers of Genius may ex tend? But a Deviation from that com mon Standard of what is regular, jult and fit, which we have from a kind of initin�tive Sagacity, or natural Per ception, is more eafily obfervable. A good Ear, and a good Eye, will dif cern Irregularity, and perceive a Eifl fonance, tho' the Critic may be no Profeffor of any Art.
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