Henry St John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke

Letters on the Study and the Use of History

Editorial note

Editorial Note - Letter I - Letter II - Letter III - Letter IV - Letter V - Letter VI - Letter VII - Letter VIII

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Greek quotations (Letter III, p.202, note *) have been verified on Suidae Lexicon, graece & latinae, etc., Cantabrigiae, typis Academicis, 1705; the1725 edition, cited by the author, republishes the same text.

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