"But TERENCE and VIRGIL maintain an universal, undisputed empire over the minds of men."
Of the Standard of Taste 
At least 12 entries in ESTC (1757, 1758, 1760, 1764, 1768, 1770, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1784, 1793, 1800).<br>
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First published in <u>Four Dissertations. I. The Natural History of Religion. II. Of the Passions. III. Of Tragedy. IV. Of the Standard of Taste. By David Hume, Esq.</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, 1757). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T4011">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Past Masters and Online Library of Liberty. Reading <u>Essays, Moral, Political and Literary</u>, rev. ed. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1987). The Liberty Fund editor, Eugene F. Miller, takes the 1777 edition of Hume's essays as his copy text. 