yields to the
orator
; but as nothing can be done in the latter capacity till the Expiration of my
Minority
, the former occupies my present attention, and both
ancients
and
moderns
have declared that the two pursuits are so nearly similar as to require in a great measure the same Talents, and he who excels in the one, would on application succeed in the other. Lyttleton, Glover, and Young (who was a celebrated Preacher and a Bard) are instances of the kind.
Sheridan & Fox