TWO ESSAY S;

I. On the Poetry of the Eaftern Nations.
II. On the Arts, commonly called Imitative.

Juvat integros accedere fontes,

Atque haurire, juvatque novos decerpere flores. LUCR.

THE SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed by W. Bow YER and J. NICHOLS;

For N. CONANT (Succeffor to MR. WHISTON), in FLEET STREET.

M DCC LXXVII.

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THE CONTENT S.

SOLIMA, an Arabian eclogue.

The PALACE of FORTUNE, an Indian tale.

On the Poetry of the Eastern Nations.

On the Arts, commonly called Imitative.

163.

191.

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