The History of the Athenian Society

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Excerpt from The History of the Athenian Society: For the Resolving All Nice and Curious Questions, by a Gentleman Who Got Secret Intelligence of Their Whole Proceedings, To Which Are Prefix'd Several Poems, Written by Mr. Tate, Mr. Motteux, Mr. Richardson, and OthersHaving done the firll Projeélor of this De fign, fome Ju¿ice already, I think my {ezlf obliged not to forget that Great young mom, who firl'r, like ffafim, dared fo boldly to venture out into the Billows of the Critics, and lead argonml the way to the refl of the Hero's that were to o in (earch of the Golden Fleece of Wi dom, and Learning. I am forty I mul't not let the World know his Name for it was begun by one) who had fo great, and generous a Zeal for the general Be nefit, that he would nor let thole Difficulties I have mentioned, or any Other Confiderati~ on outweigh it: No, he only kept the Noble nefs of the End in his view, fixing his E e on the farther brink, that he might not {be the breadth of the Stream he was going to leap, or to exprefs the noble Thoughtin the belt of our Englilh Poets own words, Mr. Dryden I mean, in the Conquefi of Granada.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.