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Excerpt from The Oceana and Other Works of James Harrington: With an Account of His Life
B UT Heaven he duly prais''d, Learning hegins to ?ourijh again in its proper Soil among our Gentlemen, in imitation of the Roman Patricians, who did not love to walk in Leading firings, and to he guided hlindfold, nor lazily to ahandan the care of their proper Bufinefi to the management of Men having a di/t''inti Profefion and Intertyil for the greatefi part of their on} Authors were Per/has of Con/ular Dignity, the ahlefl Statefinen, and the mo]? Gallant Commanders. Wherfore the amp fiztisfat''t''ion I can injoy of this firt will he, to find tho/e delighted with read ing this work, for whofefirvice it was intended hy the Author; and wl ich with the jindy of other good Books, hut efifiecially a careful peru/al of the Greec and Roman Hi/iorians, will make ''em in reality dejifrve the Title and Reypec''t of Gentlemen, help ''em to make an advantageous Figure in their own time, and perpetuat their illu/trious Fame and folid forth to he admir''d hy future Generations.
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B UT Heaven he duly prais''d, Learning hegins to ?ourijh again in its proper Soil among our Gentlemen, in imitation of the Roman Patricians, who did not love to walk in Leading firings, and to he guided hlindfold, nor lazily to ahandan the care of their proper Bufinefi to the management of Men having a di/t''inti Profefion and Intertyil for the greatefi part of their on} Authors were Per/has of Con/ular Dignity, the ahlefl Statefinen, and the mo]? Gallant Commanders. Wherfore the amp fiztisfat''t''ion I can injoy of this firt will he, to find tho/e delighted with read ing this work, for whofefirvice it was intended hy the Author; and wl ich with the jindy of other good Books, hut efifiecially a careful peru/al of the Greec and Roman Hi/iorians, will make ''em in reality dejifrve the Title and Reypec''t of Gentlemen, help ''em to make an advantageous Figure in their own time, and perpetuat their illu/trious Fame and folid forth to he admir''d hy future Generations.
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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Language - English
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John Toland
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ISBN - 9781332465385
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm
Page Count - 700
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ISBN - 9780483986404
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