the propriety. I own, I cannot think it by any means conducive to the
more effectual concealment of his Majesty, that there should be three
Regal Crowns stuck on three different branches of the tree. Horace says
indeed,

--------Pictoribus atque Poetis,
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.

Painters and Poets our indulgence claim,
_Their daring equal, and their art the same._--FRAN.

And this may be reckoned a very allowable _poetical licence_; inasmuch
as it lets the spectator into the secret, _who is in the tree_. But it
is apt to make him at the same time throw the accusation of negligence
and want of penetration on the three dragoons, who are usually depicted
on the foreground, cantering along very composedly, with serene
countenances, erect persons, and drawn swords, very little longer than
themselves.

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PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY

[Transcriber's Note:
Many of the listed titles are or will be available from Project
Gutenberg. Where possible, the e-text number is given in brackets.]

*First Year (1946-1947)*

Numbers 1-6 out of print.

[Titles:
1. Richard Blackmore's _Essay upon Wit_ (1716), and Addison's
_Freeholder_ No. 45 (1716). [13484]
2. Anon., _Essay on Wit_ (1748), together with Characters by
Flecknoe, and Joseph Warton's _Adventurer_ Nos. 127 and 133.
[14973]
3. Anon., _Letter to A. H. Esq.; concerning the Stage_ (1698), and
Richard Willis' _Occasional Paper_ No. IX (1698). [14047]
4. Samuel Cobb's _Of Poetry_ and _Discourse on Criticism_ (1707).
[14528]
5. Samuel Wesley's _Epistle to a Friend Concerning Poetry_ (1700)
and _Essay on Heroic Poetry_ (1693). [16506]
6. Anon., _Representation of the Impiety and Immorality of the Stage_
(1704) and anon., _Some Thoughts Concerning the Stage_ (1704).
[15656] ]

*Second Year (1947-1948)*

7. John Gay's _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on Wit
from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702). [#14800]

8. Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).
[#14495]

9. T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).
[#14899]

10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
etc._ (1744). [#16233]

11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717). [#15313]

12. Essays on the S