Rules for the Conduct of Satire.
its chief and effential Property, Prudence in the
Application of Wit and Ridicule, whofe Province is,
not to explore unknown, but to enforce known Truths,
191. Proper Subjects of Satire are the Manners of
prefent Times, 239. Decency of Expression recommend-
ed, 255. The different Methods in which Folly and
Vice ought to be chaftifed, 269. The Variety of Style
and Manner which these two Subjects require, ✯ 277.
The Praife of Virtue may be admitted with Propriety,
315. Caution with regard to Panegyric, * 329.
The Dignity of true Satire, 341.