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An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) by Corbyn Morris
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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
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