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gathered from his writings, that he was
not only a man of great learning, but of
great taste. His dissertation upon the
accents of the Greek tongue is both in-
genious and profound; there is a truth
and precision in his ideas concerning the
arts, which are irresistible to a mind at
all open to conviction. With this gen-
tleman I had the honour to discuss se-
veral points relative to the music of the
ancients, and the happiness of being
confirmed in some opinions which I had
already formed, and enlightened in
others.
At the Comédie Françoise I was this
night very much entertained by the repre-
sentation of La Surprise de l' Amour, and
George Dandin; the former is a piece of
Marivaux, and was admirably played;
the latter is Moliere's, and a mere farce,
full of buffoonery and indecency:
it is with this piece, as with some of
Shakespeare's, the name supports it; for
was any modern writer to produce such
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