Reflections Upon Accuracy of Style Author:John Constable Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: J SECOND DIALOGUE, BETWEEN Cleander, Eudoxus, . and Critomachus, Cz.eand. "T£JF O U fee, Sir, I am as good as my word in returning foon again to the ... more »charge. Eudox. But, Sir, you never faid you wou'd bring a fecond with you; and yet by yours and Critomacbus's fmiles, I fuf- peft that is partly the reafon of his coming. However, his company is always acceptable ; and I had rather forego the equality of the engagement, than want the pleafure of his converfation. Critom. Your compliment is obliging,1 tho' almoft too ceremonious for friends fo perfedlly acquainted. At leaft, Sir, to ufe no ceremonies with you, I own you have guefled Dial. gueffed. exactly right. Yefterday morning II. 1 found Cleander reading Callicrates with. r great attention. He prefently told me the occafion of it; and 'finding your late con- verfation had work'd upon him, I prefer'd to undertake the caufe. Eudox. It feems then, Cleander, the fecond lecture has had the effect I foretold. Cleand. I never thought it a point of honour to maintain a miftake, and beftifF in error. I own therefore, I begin to be of a different opinion in the matter.. . Critom. Certainly, Eudoxus, you mut have argued very clofely witji him to mate fo fudden a change. Eudox. The only, in a manner, or at leaft the chief argument I ufed, was giving a few hints at fome of the chief faults, occafioned by affectation of Style, and a prefumption, that a fecond reading, after thofe hints, wou'd much alter his opinions and you fee I was not much miftaken. Cleand. You will give me leave, Etf- doxus, to tell you, the other reafons your gave, made little impreflion upon me, till at the fecond reading I began to obfervc a certain unnaturalnefs of Style, which. working more upon, the imagination than reafbn, ...« less