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...product of exercise, and to be raised to that pitch only by repeated actions. Some men are remarked for pleasantness in raillery; others for apologues...set themselves to the study of it as an art to be leamt. But yet it is true, that at first some lucky hit, which took with somebody and gained him commendation,...

...product of exercise, and to be raised to that pitch only by repeated actions. Some men are remarked for pleasantness in raillery, others for apologues...set themselves to the study of it as an art to be learned. But yet it is true that at first some lucky hit which took with somebody, and gained him commendation,...

...product of exercise, and to be raised to that pitch only by repeated actions. Some men are remarked /0 t hemselves to the study of it as an art to be learnt. But yet it is true, that at first some lucky...