ABSTRACT
It is the Remark of a judicious Critic, That there is a certain Particularity in the Stile of every great Writer which distinguishes him from all others.2 Nay, it is a common Phrase to signify our Esteem of an Author, That he has a Stile. This is a kind of Touchstone used by Commentators, to try what Parts of a Great Man’s Works are truly his own; by which Guide the learned Bentley hath made such wholesome and delightful Defalcations from Milton.3
