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the reader a passage that re- lates to the origin of criticism, which is curious $ aud Digitized d by Google 1S4 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS and just " When the persuasive arts, which were necessary to be cultivated among a people that were to be convinced before they acted, were grown thus in repute, and the power of moving the affections become the study and emu* lation of the forward wits and aspiring geniuses of the times, it would necessarily happen, that many geniuses of equal size and strength, ...though less covetous of public appl&use, of power, or of influence over mankind, woul4 content them-r selves with the contemplation merely of these en- chanting arts. These they would tlie better en- joy, the more they refined their taste, and cuU tivated their ear. Hence was the origin of Cri- tics ; who, as arts and sciences advanced, would necessarily come withal into repute ; and bemg heard with satisfaction in their turn, were at length tempted to become authors, and appear in public. These were honoured with the name of Sophists ; a character which in early times was highly respected.
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