Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. As the progress of the human mind forms a capital object 10 the study of history, the state of the arts and sciences, the religion, law's; govern ment, and manners of nations, are material parts, even in an elementary work of this nature. The history of literature 13 a most important arti cle' 1n this study. The author has therefore endeavoured to give to each of those tapics its due share of attention and in that view they are sepa rately treated, 1n distinct sections, at particular periods of time.