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PREFACE. vii
Materige script© conveniente susb.*
Citations, in fact, which notwithstanding
the example of Cicero, and the precept of
Quintilian·^, some severe critics are dis-
posed to proscribe, may here be introduced
or even lavished, without censure; they
rise spontaneously from the soil we tread,
and constitute one of its distinguishing
beauties.
In Modern History, he may perhaps
be considered as sometimes too short; but
it must be remembered that Modern His-
tory is not Classical, and can claim admis-
sion only as an illustration. As for the
forms of government established in many
provinces by the present French rulers,
* Ovid, Trist. 1. v. i.
t Quintih lib. i. cap. v. Edit. Rollin,
a g
Materige script© conveniente susb.*
Citations, in fact, which notwithstanding
the example of Cicero, and the precept of
Quintilian·^, some severe critics are dis-
posed to proscribe, may here be introduced
or even lavished, without censure; they
rise spontaneously from the soil we tread,
and constitute one of its distinguishing
beauties.
In Modern History, he may perhaps
be considered as sometimes too short; but
it must be remembered that Modern His-
tory is not Classical, and can claim admis-
sion only as an illustration. As for the
forms of government established in many
provinces by the present French rulers,
* Ovid, Trist. 1. v. i.
t Quintih lib. i. cap. v. Edit. Rollin,
a g