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EXT to the Originals from which a Language is derived, and the critical Period of its Duration, it is chiefly affected by the Religion of a Country, and the Manners of the Times. Thee might have been included under the Common Manners of the Nation; but their Influence is great enough to deerve a particular Conideration.

I oon have occaion to make a tricter Enquiry into the Origin both of the Grecian Religion and Learning. At preent it is ufficient to ay, that they came from the great Pa-