The history of England, from the earliest times to the death of George II.J. F.&C. Rivington, 1784 |
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Oliver Goldsmith. PREFACE . FR ROM the favourable reception given to my Abridgment of Roman Hiftory , published fome time fince , feveral friends , and others , whose business leads them to confult the wants of the public , have been ...
Oliver Goldsmith. PREFACE . FR ROM the favourable reception given to my Abridgment of Roman Hiftory , published fome time fince , feveral friends , and others , whose business leads them to confult the wants of the public , have been ...
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... ROMANS . IT is fortunate for mankind , that thofe pe- riods of history which are the leaft ferviceable , are the least known . It has been the ftudy of many learned men to refeue from obscurity , and throw light upon thofe early ages ...
... ROMANS . IT is fortunate for mankind , that thofe pe- riods of history which are the leaft ferviceable , are the least known . It has been the ftudy of many learned men to refeue from obscurity , and throw light upon thofe early ages ...
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... Romans long before the time of Cæfar . It is fuppofed , that this name was originally given it by the merchants who ' re- forted hither from the Continent . Thefe called the inhabitants by one common name of Briths , from the custom ...
... Romans long before the time of Cæfar . It is fuppofed , that this name was originally given it by the merchants who ' re- forted hither from the Continent . Thefe called the inhabitants by one common name of Briths , from the custom ...
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... ROMANS . THE Britons , in the rude and barbarous ftate in which we have juft defcribed them , feemed to ftand in need of more polished in- ftructors ; and indeed whatever evils may attend the conquest of heroes , their fuccefs has gene ...
... ROMANS . THE Britons , in the rude and barbarous ftate in which we have juft defcribed them , feemed to ftand in need of more polished in- ftructors ; and indeed whatever evils may attend the conquest of heroes , their fuccefs has gene ...
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... Roman arms into a country , the remote fituation of which would add feeming difficulty to the en- terprize , and confequently produce an in- crease of reputation . His pretence was , to punish these islanders for having fent fuccours to ...
... Roman arms into a country , the remote fituation of which would add feeming difficulty to the en- terprize , and confequently produce an in- crease of reputation . His pretence was , to punish these islanders for having fent fuccours to ...
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