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Page 268
... History must necessa rily be weaker than thofe of Modern , as all teftimony grows weaker and weaker , as it is more and more remote from us . I would there- fore advife you to ftudy Ancient History , in general , as other people do ...
... History must necessa rily be weaker than thofe of Modern , as all teftimony grows weaker and weaker , as it is more and more remote from us . I would there- fore advife you to ftudy Ancient History , in general , as other people do ...
Page 306
... HISTORY , an object of gene- ral curiofity and inquiry , occupies but two Pages , which are employed only in giving a lift of the fix claffes into which Linnæus has divided the Animal kingdom . The Authors in- deed refer us for farther ...
... HISTORY , an object of gene- ral curiofity and inquiry , occupies but two Pages , which are employed only in giving a lift of the fix claffes into which Linnæus has divided the Animal kingdom . The Authors in- deed refer us for farther ...
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... history , in order to draw practical confequences from it , and juft notions in regard to whatever is in- terefting to fociety . Every thing in history ought to lead the Reader to reflections or maxims ; ought to enlighten the ...
... history , in order to draw practical confequences from it , and juft notions in regard to whatever is in- terefting to fociety . Every thing in history ought to lead the Reader to reflections or maxims ; ought to enlighten the ...
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PARRYS Attempt to demonftrate RUTTYs Natural History of | 6 |
FELLS Poem on the Times | 20 |
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