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Page 28
However, these Modes of _good Breeding_ were not to be abolished,
as it was impossible to dispense with the _Respect_ annex'd to them,
without some further Pretence than of their _Inconvenience_ only;
which no Person could decently urge, or admit in his own behalf,
when it was his Province to pay any Ceremonies to another; In this
Difficulty it was at last happily observ'd, for the Advantage of
genteel Commerce and Society, that _whatever gives Trouble, is
inconsistent with Respect_; Upon which Foundation, all Ceremonies
which create Embarrassments or Trouble to either Side, are now justly
exploded; And the _Ease_ of each other is the Point most peculiarly
consulted by _well-bred_ Persons.
If this Attention to _Ease_ was properly conducted, so that it might
always appear to have _Respect_ for its Motive; And only to act in
Obedience to _that_, as the ruling Principle, it would then comprehend
the just Plan of _good Breeding_; But as _this_ was formerly
encumber'd with Ceremonies and Embarrassments, so the modern _good
Breeding_ perhaps deviates too far into Negligence and Disregard;
--A Fault more unpardonable than the former; As an Inconvenience,
evidently proceeding from the _Respect_ which is paid to us, may be
easily excus'd; But a Freedom, which carries the Air of _Neglect_ with
it, gives a lasting Offence.
BEAUTY is the delightful _Effect_ which arises from the
_joint Order_, _Proportion_, and _Harmony_ of all the Parts
of an _Object_.
And
to have a good TASTE, is to have a just _Relish_ of BEAUTY.
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[Transcriber's Note:
Translations of Horace _Satire_ I.9 are available from Project
Gutenberg as e-text 5419 (verse translation, plain text) or
14020 (prose translation, text or html).]
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[CORBYN MORRIS]
An / Essay / Towards Fixing the / True Standards / of / Wit, Humour,
Raillery, / Satire, and Ridicule. / To which is Added, an / Analysis /
Of the Characters of / An Humourist, Sir John Falstaff, Sir Roger / De
Coverly, and Don Quixote. / Inscribed, to the Right Honorable / Robert
Earl of Orford. / [rule] / By the Author of a / Letter from a By-
Stander. / [rule] /--Jacta est Alea. / [double rule] / London: /
Printed for J. Roberts, at the Oxford-Arms, in War- / wick-lane; and
W. Bickerton, In the Temple-Ex- / change, near the Inner-Temple-Gate,
Fleet-street. / M DCC XLIV. [Price 2 s.] /
Collation: A, a-c, in fours; d in two; a-d, in fours; B-K in fours;
L in two. A, title; verso blank; A^2-d, dedication; d^2 erratum and
advertisements; a-d^4, Introduction; B-L^2, text.
The first edition. A second edition was published in 1758.
Colton Storm
Clements Library
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