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PREFACE

By Mr. DOD D.

WHILE all read and all admire

HILE all read and all admire

Milton, it is confessed that few understand hiin; few, at least, of the common Readers : More learned ones frequently find themselves at a Loss, so unbounded is he in his Knowledge ; fo universal in his Allusions to the whole Round of Science. To elucidate his Difficulties, able and ingenious Men have applied their beft Efforts, and that with desirable Succets. But as their Annotations are often large, and often critical, they perplex the common Readet, interrupt the Attention, and are

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