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POLITE LITERATURE.

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POLITE LITERATURE.

SECT. I.
Of PASTORAL POETŘ Y.

Co many pens have been employed w at different times on this popular subject, that my only business will be to explain the real and essential qualities of a pastoral poem. A point concerning which most critics differ.

Few species of poetry have excited more writers than the pastoral ; but scarce any

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