patience_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o make_v he_o distaste_n that_o which_o may_v be_v good_a in_o the_o rest_n they_o be_v ordinary_o the_o young_a man_n that_o be_v most_o subject_a to_o this_o default_n they_o wander_v about_o because_o they_o want_v force_n of_o spirit_n to_o enter_v immediate_o into_o the_o matter_n we_o shall_v render_v they_o a_o great_a service_n if_o we_o can_v make_v they_o resolve_v to_o leave_v that_o length_n and_o circuit_n of_o discourse_n which_o be_v so_o much_o contrary_n to_o decorum_n and_o become_v odious_a and_o insupportable_a a_o discourse_n spin_v out_o with_o these_o childish_a amplification_n become_v languish_v it_o only_o make_v the_o judge_n yawn_v and_o lull_v they_o into_o a_o slumber_n §._o 10._o it_o be_v also_o the_o delight_n of_o young_a man_n to_o glister_v in_o all_o they_o say_v but_o true_a eloquence_n seek_v not_o after_o that_o vain_a splendour_n which_o be_v only_o proper_a to_o dazzle_v the_o spirit_n we_o always_o fall_v 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