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Is this all, for even thofe who have been Ennobled by their Ante/tors, feeing others advanc'd above them, upon no other Ac count than their W'ealth, do value them felves the lefs upon the Dignity of their Defcent and many fearce know any thing of their Pedigree, for what Renfan the Arms they bear were given them, or how to blazon them. As for thofe who are themfelves the first of their Families, they can look no higher, nor can they de fire that any other fhould and yet there are fome who will take up with a forg'd Pedigree, rather than go without there being Perfons fo Ingenious (tho their Honefiy cannot be commended) who will deduce a Race from Adam in a direct Line, or from the Preadamites, if there' were'occafion, tho' at the fame time it is zrnpoflible to find out, with Truth, the Great Grandfather of the Perfon who Rewards' them for that tolerated piece of Forgery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1333530498
- ISBN 13 9781333530495
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages404
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