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*i*No. 61. Saturday, 16 June 1759.*/i*
Mr. Minim had now advanced himself to the zenith of critical
reputation; when he was in the pit, every eye in the boxes was
fixed upon him, when he entered his coffee-house, he was
surrounded by circles of candidates, who passed their noviciate
of literature under his tuition; his opinion was asked by all who
had no opinion of their own, and yet loved to debate and decide;
and no …
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…yet enjoins him, with great
earnestness, not to read more than he can digest, and not to
confuse his mind by pursuing studies of contrary tendencies. He
tells him, that every man has his genius, and that Cicero could
never be a poet. The boy retires illuminated, resolves to follow
his genius, and to think how Milton would have thought; and Minim
feasts upon his own beneficence till another day brings another
pupil.
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