Of the Britons before the arrival of the Romans-Henry IIIT. Davies, in Russel-street, 1771 |
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... fome time fince , feveral friends , and others , whofe bufinefs leads them to confult the wants of the public , have been induced to suppose , that an English history writ- ten on the fame plan would be accept- able . It was their ...
... fome time fince , feveral friends , and others , whofe bufinefs leads them to confult the wants of the public , have been induced to suppose , that an English history writ- ten on the fame plan would be accept- able . It was their ...
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... fome have been written in dialogue , or merely in the stiffness of an index , and fome to an- fwer the purposes of a party . A very small share of taste , therefore , was fuf- ficient to keep the compiler from the defects of the one ...
... fome have been written in dialogue , or merely in the stiffness of an index , and fome to an- fwer the purposes of a party . A very small share of taste , therefore , was fuf- ficient to keep the compiler from the defects of the one ...
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... . Hume's history , yet I cannot entirely acquiefce in his principles . With regard to religion , he seems defirous of playing a double part , of appearing to fome readers as " as if he reverenced , and to others as if vi PREFACE .
... . Hume's history , yet I cannot entirely acquiefce in his principles . With regard to religion , he seems defirous of playing a double part , of appearing to fome readers as " as if he reverenced , and to others as if vi PREFACE .
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... fome may think I have leaned towards monarchy . But as in the things I have hitherto written , I have neither allured the vanity of the great by flattery , nor fa- tisfied the malignity of the vulgar by fcandal , as I have endeavoured ...
... fome may think I have leaned towards monarchy . But as in the things I have hitherto written , I have neither allured the vanity of the great by flattery , nor fa- tisfied the malignity of the vulgar by fcandal , as I have endeavoured ...
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... fome thought the largest in the world , was called Britannia by the Romans long before the time of Cæfar . It is fuppofed , that this name was ori- ginally given it by the merchants who reforted hither from the Continent . Thefe called ...
... fome thought the largest in the world , was called Britannia by the Romans long before the time of Cæfar . It is fuppofed , that this name was ori- ginally given it by the merchants who reforted hither from the Continent . Thefe called ...
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