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PREFACE.
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off and anfwer fome objedlions, (not
ken notice of by Cornaro), which fome
in our days make ufe of to juftify their
contrary practice.
Some of the wits of the age tell us,
“ That wine, even drunk to excefs, en-
“ livens the fancy, and infofes bold and
great thoughts into a man, makes his
f‘ writings bride and airy, a pleafure to
“ himfelf, and no lefs delightful to
“ others ; whilft others pretend fobriety
“ makes them dull and flat in all their
“ performances, and nothing but what
“ is phlegmatic and heavy is the product
“ of their genius.”
In anfwer to this, it may be faid, that
this their affertion is apparently falfe.
What the effe&s of thefe fpirits of wine
and a heated brain have been, and how
much the modern wits have improved by
fuch a method, is evident by the many,
loofe and profane plays and poems, which
they have of late years publifhed. There
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