This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1730 edition. Excerpt: ... the Grapes had never had that prodigious Succefs. Ica. In fhort, tho' all are oblig'd to be doing fomething in the World, yet we find no Body knows what they are about. And the Painter's Example is enough to fill us with Scruples, even in Affairs in which we have conducted ourfelves ever fo well, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1730 edition. Excerpt: ... the Grapes had never had that prodigious Succefs. Ica. In fhort, tho' all are oblig'd to be doing fomething in the World, yet we find no Body knows what they are about. And the Painter's Example is enough to fill us with Scruples, even in Affairs in which we have conducted ourfelves ever fo well, and to make us doubt whether fome Fault that we have fhunn'd might not better have been commitcd. So uncertain is every thing, and it looks as if Fortune took Pains to give contrary Events to the fame thing, to make her felf Sport withthe Reafon of Mankind, which ha& no certain Rule for its Direction. DIALOGUE VI!. Eroftratus and Demetrius Phalerens. E R O STRjrvS, THREE hundred and fixty Statues erc&ed in Athens to your Honour! 'Tis very much Demetr. I got the Government into my Hands, and after that 'twas no difficult matter, you may believe, to make the People compliment me with Statues. Eroft. And you were tranfported, I warrant, to think you had thus multiply'd your felf three hundred and fixty times, and that you met with nothing but your dear felf throughout a whole Gty? Demetr. I own it: But alas.' 'twas a Joy of a very fliort Duration j the Face of Affairs foon alter'd, and in a Day's time not one of my Statues was left Handing: They were all beaten down, and broke to Pieces. Erofi.. Erofi. A terrible Reverfe of Fortune! And pray who perfcrai'd this noble Exploit? Demtr. 'Twas Demetrius Potiorcetes, (a Shame take him !) the Son of Antigoniis. Evofi. Wou'd toHeav'n I had been in his Place. I'll fwear 'twas infinite Pleafore to deftroy fuch a vail Number of Statues made for one Mm. Demetr. Such a brutal Wifh becomes none bat hiin that fir'd the Temple at Efbefus--I fee yon preserve your old Character. Eroft. I have been upbraided...
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1708, Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn
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Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn
Published:
1708
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English
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17819237037
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Near Fine. First edition of this translation, by John Hughes, superseding that of Dryden, of Nouveaux dialogues des morts. 8vo; [2], l, [2], 209 [1]pp, with a finely engraved frontispiece. Bound in contemporary or slightly later 18th-century Cambridge-style paneled calf, the spine richly gilt in six compartments divided by raised bands, with a red leather lettering piece in the second. The joints very skillfully mended, a Near Fine copy, pages bright and fresh. ESTC Citation No. T139460. The Dialogues, modeled on the dialogues of Lucian, unite in conversation figures from antiquity, such as Socrates and Aristotle, with more recent personages, including Erasmus and Montaigne, to discuss the literary and philosophical developments of Fontenelle's day. First published anonymously in 1683, Dialogues des morts and Nouveaux dialogues des morts were Fontenelle's first works and ignited his reputation, which was consolidated three years later with Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes, through which he popularized Copernicus's heliocentric model of the Universe. To this edition, John Hughes contributes both an appreciation and assessment of Fontenelle as well as two dialogues of his own. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
