Engoch, allen 2-15-34 To the Right Honourable EARL of MACCLESFIELD, MY LORD HE greatest degree LONGIN US has for some ages appeared in, was under 1 A 3 under the patronage of the late lord MACCLESFIELD. A writer of so much spirit and judgment; had a just claim to the protection of so elevated a genius, and so judicious an encourager of polite learning. Longinus is now going to appear in an English dress, and begs the support of Your LORDSHIP's name. He has undergone no farther alteration, than what was abfolutely necessary to make him English. His sense is faithfully represented, but whether this translation has any any of the original spirit, is a decision peculiar only to those, who can relish unaf. fected grandeur and natural Sublimity, with the fame judicious taste, as Your Lordship. It is needless to say any thing to Your Lordship, about the other parts of this performance, since they alone can plead effectually for themselves. I went through this work, animated with a view of pleasing every body; and publish it, in some fear of pleasing none. Yet I lay hold with A 4 |
