20/56 But what ther is of _Argument_ in it, is fully Consider'd in what follows."-- CHARLES LESLIE: _Divine Right of Tithes, Pref._, p. _Reign of James II, 1689 back to 1685 .-- Example written in 1685._ "His conversation, wit, and parts, His knowledge in the noblest useful arts, Were such, dead authors could not give; But habitudes of those who live; Who, lighting him, did greater lights receive: He drain'd from all, and all they knew; His apprehension quick, his judgment true: That the most learn'd with shame confess His knowledge more, his reading only less." JOHN DRYDEN: _Ode to the Memory of Charles II; Poems_, p. _Reign of Charles II, 1685 to 1660 .-- Example from a Letter to the Earl of Sunderland, dated, "Philadelphia, 28th 5th mo. |