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VOL. III.

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A DISSERTATION upon Parties 735

LETTERS on the Study and Use of History: (1736)

Letter I.

p. 315

Letter II. Concerning the true use and advantages

of it

P. 321

Letter III. 1. An objection against the utility of

history removed. 2. The false and trué aims of

those who study it. 3. Of the history of the first

ages; with reflections on the state of ancient his-

tory profane and sacred

p. 346

Letter IV. 1. That there is in history sufficient

authenticity to render it useful, notwithstanding

all objections to the contrary. 2. Of the method

and due restrictions to be observed in the Study

of it

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P. 388

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

P. 407..

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 history and state of

Europe from that time

P. 439

P. 30. 1. 6. dele be.

ERRATA:

73. 1. 2. from the bottom, dele in.

84. I. 10. from the bottom, for with read within,

339. 1. 4, for trium vir read triumvir.

370. 1. 2. of Note, put a full stop after Sui.

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dedications Jarly in 1735. earing Swift, who seems not to have sean the separate articles, says, in a latter to Pope May 12, 1735, "I have lately read a book imputed to Ld. Roling broke, culled " A dissertation upon, parties? I think it very masterly written". Swifty Werks, xviii. 3544.