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Excerpt from The Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, Vol. 2
Letter V. R. The great' ufe of hifiory, properly fo called, as diltinguifhed from the writings of mere annalifis and antiquaries. 2. Greek and Roman hi?orians. 3. Some idea of a complete'hifiory. 4. Farther cau tions to be obferved in this Iludy; and the regulation of it, according to the different profe?ions and fituations of men above all, the ufe to be made of it, (1) by divines; and (2)'by thofe who are called to the fer vice'of their country.
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