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Excerpt from Novus Epigrammatum Delectus, or Original State Epigrams, and Minor Odes: Suited to the Times The Greek Epigram runs upon a lucky turn of thought, that is natural, but at the fame time, fine and fubtle. The Latin Epigram, Upon a falfe tafie, that fway'd in the beginning of the de cay of the pure latinity, which endea-s vours to furprife the mind, by fome nipping word, which is call'd a point; and it is eafy to obfcrve, that the pun, the annthefis, the conundrum, and the double entendre, are the ufual orna ments and flowers in molt of our mo dern Englifh Epigrams. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.