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 4 ( xii ) tbor ; without my aſſerting that I have done tolerable Juſtice both to the Senſe and Dignity of the Original. If I bave done Right in the

Main, a few Failings that may poffibly occur ought to beforgiven. To conclude, I affirm on good Grounds, that this Manual of Marcus Antoninus, contains more of uſeful Matter than all the Volumes of Plato and Ariſtotle.

W bither the Reader

will uſe it or not, as ſuch Matter ought to be uſed, let bim fee to that. All I can do is to tell him, that if be inclines to bave ſuch a Soul as Marcus Antoninus bad, be cannot de

better than frequently to view this Pixture of it.

A Picture as far beyond that, which

is exhibited in the vaunted Commentaries of Julius Cæſar, as & Model of buman Per fe &tion adorned and illuſtrated with magnifs cent Views of univerſal Nature, and lively ,

Images of its perpetual and moſt intereſting Contents, exceeds in Grandeur and Utility, a

bare Specimen of crafty and fortunate Am bition ,

couched in a fallacious

andſcanty

Narrative of ſuch tranfient and now frivolous Facts, whither Projects or Events, as fre

quently occur in the Courſe of buman bffairs.

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