would have the latter yield the
Pas
to the former, but Mr.
Dryden
and many others would never submit to this Decision. Burlesque Writers pay the same Deference to the Heroick, as Comick Writers to their Serious Brothers in the Drama.
By this short Table of Laws, Order is kept up, and Distinction preserved in the whole Republick of Letters.
O.
| [No. 530] | Friday, November 7, 1712 | Addison |