Delany[140],
writers both undoubtedly _veracious_[141], when _true, honest_, or
_faithful_, might have been used. Yet, it must be owned, that none of
these are _hard_ or _too big_ words; that custom would make them seem as
easy as any others; and that a language is richer and capable of more
beauty of expression, by having a greater variety of synonimes.
His dissertation[142] upon the unfitness of poetry for the aweful
subjects of our holy religion, though I do not entirely agree with with
him, has all the merit of originality, with uncommon force and
reasoning.
_Various Readings in the Life of_ WALLER.
'Consented to [the insertion of their names] _their own nomination_.
'[After] _paying_ a fine of ten thousand pounds.
'Congratulating Charles the Second on his [coronation] _recovered
right_.
'He that has flattery ready for all whom the vicissitudes of the world
happen to exalt, must be [confessed to degrade his powers] _scorned as a
prostituted mind_.
'The characters by which Waller intended to distinguish his writings are
[elegance] _sprightliness_ and dignity.
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