Excerpt from The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia Duty and Ofice of an H flor1an, to paint Men and Tbings in tbeir true and lively Colours and to do tbat 71w to tbe Vices and Follies of Princes and great Men, after tbeir Deatb wbieb it is not fafe or proper to do, wbilfl tbey are alive. 5 11nd berein, as I judge, cbiefly co ojf/i ibe Strengtb and Excellency of Tacitus and Suetonius. Beir Stile and Man ner are far inferior to Livy' s, and tbe Writers of tbe Julian and Augufian ...
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Excerpt from The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia Duty and Ofice of an H flor1an, to paint Men and Tbings in tbeir true and lively Colours and to do tbat 71w to tbe Vices and Follies of Princes and great Men, after tbeir Deatb wbieb it is not fafe or proper to do, wbilfl tbey are alive. 5 11nd berein, as I judge, cbiefly co ojf/i ibe Strengtb and Excellency of Tacitus and Suetonius. Beir Stile and Man ner are far inferior to Livy' s, and tbe Writers of tbe Julian and Augufian flges.b111 tbey bave more 1ban painted, and expojed alive to V tew, ibe greate/i Train of Mon/lers, tbat ever di/graced a Tbrone, or did Di/bonour to buman Na tare and 1bereby bave obtained to tberifelves a Rani, among tbe be/i and mojl valuable Writers 1ng James I. Fell1n deed for jbort of tbe Cmfar' s fuperlative Wicbea'ne/i and S11 premaey in Vice. He was, at be/i, only very jimple and injudicious, witboat any jieaay Principle of ?zg/iiee and Ho near, wbicb was rendered tbe more odious and ridiculous, by bis large and cgfiant Pretenfions to Wi/dom and Virtue. And be bad, in utb all ibe Forms of Wi dom, for ever erring very learnedly, witb a wife Saw, or atin Sentence, in bis Moutb. For be bad been bred up under Buchanan. 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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