Excerpt from Retrospection, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, a Review of the Most Striking and Important Events Here then begin we a fummary account of what has happened in thefe eighteen centuries. I thought to have given fome importance to the work, by prefixing on its firfi page the name of one of my earliefi and molt refpe???t ed friends - than whom no wit, no feholar, nor no man of general knowledge, ever had more reafon to delight in Retrofibe???'z'z'on but Pennant is gone, and I will fearch no further for a patron. The fame kind ...
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Excerpt from Retrospection, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, a Review of the Most Striking and Important Events Here then begin we a fummary account of what has happened in thefe eighteen centuries. I thought to have given fome importance to the work, by prefixing on its firfi page the name of one of my earliefi and molt refpe???t ed friends - than whom no wit, no feholar, nor no man of general knowledge, ever had more reafon to delight in Retrofibe???'z'z'on but Pennant is gone, and I will fearch no further for a patron. The fame kind and encouraging Publick which has ever looked upon my labours with a tendernefs, and a good-natured defire of being pleafed, more flattering far than hard-earned approbation, fball take as it is; and if they feel themfelves pleafed with the colours prefented in the varying changeful mafs, will try to hinder fome critick's heavy hand from breaking it re membering that an opal lofes all power of playing be fore the eye, foon as a crack is made in its thin fur face. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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