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The Works Of the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke : In Five Volumes, complete. / Published by David Mallet, Esq;. London, 1754

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PDF Vol. II.

PDF [259] Letter I.
PDF 264 Letter II. Concerning the true use and advantages of it.
PDF 284 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 prophane and sacred.
PDF 318 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.
PDF 333 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 possessions, 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.
PDF 358 Letter VI. From what period modern history is peculiarly useful to the service of our country, viz. From the end of 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.
PDF 382 Letter VII. A sketch of the state and history of Europe, from the Pyrenean treaty in one thousand six hundred and fifty nine, to the year one thousand six hundred and eighty eight.
PDF 417 Letter VIII. The same subject continued from the year one thousand six hundred and eighty-eight.
PDF 503 A plan for a general history of Europe.
PDF 509 Of the true use of retirement and study.

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