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Excerpt from A Discourse, on the Genuineness and Authenticity of the New-Testament: Delivered at New-Haven, September 10th, 1793, at the Annual Lecture, Appointed by the General Association of Connecticut; On the Tuesday Before the Public Commencement
Virgil, a man of primary abilities, and vafi induftry, has, in his Eneis, attempted to prefent the world with/the manners, pro per to the feveral perfonages, mentioned in that work and undoubtedly defign''ed, that they fhould, as much as: might be, fuit the age,lin which thofe perfonages lived. But it 18 obvious to every attentive reader, ''that the manners of that poem much better fuit the age, in which the writer lived. Yet a careful an''djuft reprefentation of manners was probably one principal object, in the eye of that ingenious poet throughout his work.
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Virgil, a man of primary abilities, and vafi induftry, has, in his Eneis, attempted to prefent the world with/the manners, pro per to the feveral perfonages, mentioned in that work and undoubtedly defign''ed, that they fhould, as much as: might be, fuit the age,lin which thofe perfonages lived. But it 18 obvious to every attentive reader, ''that the manners of that poem much better fuit the age, in which the writer lived. Yet a careful an''djuft reprefentation of manners was probably one principal object, in the eye of that ingenious poet throughout his work.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Timothy Dwight
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Page Count - 80
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