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? the Expulsion of Tribes) were frequent in the f early Times.' This rude Life of the first Ages is finely painted by Lucretius No sturdy Plowman yet had learn d to tear Earth'sfruitful Bfom with a crooked Share : None Anew to plant young Trees; none dress'd the Vine, Norprund decaying Boughs, nor press' d the Wine Contented they with the poor easy Store That Sun and Earth bestow'd, they sought no more. They lived toJhady Groves and Caves confin'd, Meer shelterfrom the Cold, the Heat, the Wind. Creech.
 * Greece, fays Thucydides, had anciently no S e c t.
 * settled Inhabitants, but Removes (by reason of

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" The ancient Greeks were generally addict- p l6 ^ " ed to Spoil, and covetous of other People's Strabo Geograph. ' To this day the Customs that prevail a* mong a great part of the Greek Nations, are of ' among the Locri Qzolœ, the Etolians, the The first Step made towards Policy and good Order, was the ascertaining Property, and ma king Provision for its Defence. The
 * Possessions, for want of good Land at Rome."
 * the old Stamp, (that is, Love of Plunder) as
 * Acarnanians, and the Inhabitants of the bor* dering Coasts of Epirus.' Thucydides.

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