[4] Anteuil, near Paris.

[5] Horace speaks thus to his steward in the country. Epistle
xiv. book 1.

[6] Lewis XIV.

[7] See Ode sur la prise de Namur.

[8] This metaphor has been considered too bold, and perhaps
justly, but _Despreaux_ did not think it so. He observed to _M.
Dagnesseau_ that if this line were not good, he might burn the
whole production.

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THE SELECTOR, AND LITERARY NOTICES OF _NEW WORKS._


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LIVES OF BRITISH PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS.

_By Allan Cunningham._