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to accept another offer, that was made by Sir Thomas Masham and his Lady, of an apartment in their country seat at Oates, in Essex, about twenty-five miles from London. Hence he was made a commissioner of trade and plantations in 1695, which engaged him in the immediate business of the state; and with regard to the Church, he published a treatise the same year, to promote the scheme which King William had much at heart, of a comprehension with the Dissenters. This how. ever drew him into a controversy, which was scarcely ended when he entered into another in defence of his Essay, which held till 1698. Soon after which the asthma, his constitutional disorder, encreasing with his years, began to subdue him; and he became so infirm that in 1700, he resigned his seat at the board of trade, because he could no longer bear the London air, sufficient for a regular attendance upon it. He died October 28, 1704, in the 73d year of his age. His body was interred in the church of Oates, where there is a decent monument erected to his memory, with a Latin inscription, written by himself. His works have been often printed separately, and also in three volumes folio, and ten 8vo. but a selection from the whole, including the beauties and rejecting the dry controversial parts, have never, till now, been presented to the Public.

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"Every single observation that is published by a man of genius, be it ever so trivial, should be considered as of importance; because he "speaks from his own impressions; whereas common men publish $6 common things, which they perhaps gleaned from frivolous writers." Essay on Writing and Books, No. LXIV,

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SENTIMENTAL BEAUTIES
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