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Duty and Ofice of an H flor1an, to paint Men and Tbings in tbeir true and lively Colours and to do tbat 71w to tbe Vices and Follies of Princes and great Men, after tbeir Deatb wbieb it is not fafe or proper to do, wbilfl tbey are alive. 5 11nd berein, as I judge, cbiefly co ojf/i ibe Strengtb and Excellency of Tacitus and Suetonius. Beir Stile and Man ner are far inferior to Livy' s, and tbe Writers of tbe Julian and Augufian flges.b111 tbey bave more 1ban painted, and expojed alive to V tew, ibe greate/i Train of Mon/lers, tbat ever di/graced a Tbrone, or did Di/bonour to buman Na tare and 1bereby bave obtained to tberifelves a Rani, among tbe be/i and mojl valuable Writers 1ng James I. Fell1n deed for jbort of tbe Cmfar' s fuperlative Wicbea'ne/i and S11 premaey in Vice. He was, at be/i, only very jimple and injudicious, witboat any jieaay Principle of ?zg/iiee and Ho near, wbicb was rendered tbe more odious and ridiculous, by bis large and cgfiant Pretenfions to Wi/dom and Virtue. And be bad, in utb all ibe Forms of Wi dom, for ever erring very learnedly, witb a wife Saw, or atin Sentence, in bis Moutb. For be bad been bred up under Buchanan.
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- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 133023748X
- ISBN 13 9781330237489
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages400
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