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8 The Art of Speaking. sent the prodigious ftature of a Giant in a fmall picture, painted him lying along in the midft of a Troop of Sa rs, one of which was mnealuring thę iants Thumb with his Thyrfe; inti- mating by that ingenious invention, how vast his Body muft needs be, when so fmall a part of him was to be mea- fured with a Launce. These Inven- tions require much wit, and applica- tion; and therefore it was, that Monsr Pafcal (an Author very famous for his felicity in comprising much in few words) excufed himself wittily for the extravagant length of one of his Let- ters, by faying, he had not time to make it lhorter. IIL. To fgnifie the difference of our Thoughts, e have need of Words of different Orders S we cannot finifh a Picture, nor distinguifh the different ftrokes of 0

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