THE

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LORD BOLINGBROKE.

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A LIFE,

PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS EDITION,

CONTAINING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATIVE
TO HIS PERSONAL AND PUBLIC CHARACTER,

SELECTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

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LETTER II.-Concerning the true use and advantages of it,

LETTER III.-1. An objection against the utility of History

removed. 2. The false and true aims of those who study

it. 3. Of the History of the first ages; with reflections on

the state of Ancient History, profane and sacred,

LETTER IV.—1. That there is in History sufficient authenti-

city to render it useful, notwithstanding all objections to the

contrary. 2. Of the method and due restrictions to be ob-

served in the study of it,

LETTER V.-1. The great use of History, properly so called,

as distinguished from the writings of mere annalists and

antiquaries. 2. Greek and Roman Historians. 3. Some

idea of a Complete History. 4. Farther cautions to be

observed in this study; and the regulation of it, according

to the different professions and situations of men: above all,

the use to be made of it, (1) by Divines; and (2) by those

who are called to the service of their country,

LETTER VI. From what period Modern History is peculiarly

useful to the service of our country, viz: From the end of

the fifteenth century to the present. The division of this

into three particular periods: in order to a sketch of the His-

tory and state of Europe from that time,

LETTER VII.-A sketch of the state and History of Europe,

from the Pyrenean treaty in one thousand six hundred and

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fifty-nine, to the year one thousand six hundred and eighty-

eight,

LETTER VIII-The same subject continued from the year

one thousand six hundred and eighty-eight,

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Of the State of Parties at the Accession of King George the

First,

430

Some Reflections on the present state of the Nation, princi-

pally with regard to her taxes and her debts, and on the

causes and consequences of them,

439

The substance of some Letters, written originally in French,

about the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty, to

M. De Pouilly,

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