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Rh whom yet the Poet afterwards recounts among the Nations, Auxiliaries to Priam in Asia, and yet does not mention their having then crossed the Hellespont; to go to his Assistance.

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All the Inhabitants of Greece went then constantly armed, because their Dwellings were not fortified, neither was there a safe Communication or peaceable Intercourse between one Tribe and another. {{float-right|{{sc|Thucydides.}}

This hostile manner of Life is illustrated by Homer's Account of the Fortification of Thebes, by the Sons of Jupiter and Antiope:

P22. (p)/23. (o)

Two sons| she bore, Zethus and Amphion, Who founded first the Seat of seven-gate Thebes, And wall'd it round ; because unfortify'd, Tho' bold and strong, they could not dwellin Thebes.

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Distinctions and Titles, other than those acquired by Merit, and bestow'd by general Con sent, have been long complained of by the best Writers.

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That idle Supplement of Worth, That vain Pretence to Fame, By vulgar Fools set forth With Honor's sacred Name : {{rh|||The}}{{block center/e}}