BELLES LETTRES;

ᎾᎡ,

AN INTRODUCTION

то

LANGUAGES, POETRY, RHETORIC, HISTORY,
MORAL PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, &c.

WITH

REFLECTIONS ON TASTE,

AND

INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ELOQUENCE OF
THE PULPIT, THE BAR, AND THE STAGE.

The whole illustrated with Passages from the most famous
Poets and Orators, Ancient and Modern;

WITH CRITICAL REMARKS ON THEM.

Designed more particularly for Students in the University.

BY MR. ROLLIN,

Late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence
in the Royal College, and Member of the Royal
Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.

VOL. III.

THE TENTH EDITION, CORREC

LONDON:

FRINTED FOR W. J. AND J. RICHARDSON; J. WALKER
CUTIELL AND MARTIN; LONGMAN AND REES;
WYNNE AND SCHOLEY; OGILVY AND

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CONTENT S.

PART III.

OF PROFANE HISTORY.

THE THIRD PIECE EXTRACTED FROM THE GRE-

CIAN HISTORY.

Of the Lacedæmonian Government,

The first Institution. The Senate,

Page 1

ibid.

2

The second Institution. The Division of the

Lands, and Prohibition of Gold and Silver

Money,

The third Institution. Public Meals,

IV. Other Institutions,

Reflections upon the Government of Sparta, and

the Laws of Lycurgus,

I. Things laudable in the Laws of Lycurgus, ibid.

1. The Nature of the Spartan Government,

2. The equal Division of Lands, and Prohi

bition of Gold and silver Money,

3. The excellent Education of Youth,

4. Obedience,

Critical Observations upon a Passage in Hero-

dotus,

II. Things blamable in the Laws of Lycurgus,

1. Upon the Choice of the Children to be

brought up or exposed,

2. The sole Care of the Body,

3. Their bar arous Cruelty to Children.

D

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14

17

19

22

25

ibid.

26

ibid.

OF THE GREEKS,

The prosperous Times of Thebes, and Deliver-

ance of Syracuse,

1. The prosperous Days of Thebes,

2. The Deliverance of Syracuse,

I. Dion,

33

ibid.

ibid.

39

ibid.

ibid.

Reflection the first. The Conversation of Men

of Learning and Probity very useful to

Princes,

Reflection the second. Flatterers, the fatal

Pest of Courts, and Ruin of Princes,

Reflection the third. The great Qualities of

Dion intermixed with some slight Faults,

II. Timoleon.

ARTICLE II. Of the Roman History,

THE FIRST PIECE OF THE ROMAN HISTORY,

The Foundation of the Roman Empire by Ro-

mulus and Numa,

The first Character of the Romans. Valour,

The second Character of the Romans. Prudent

Measures taken for extending their Em-

pire,

The third Character of the Romans. Their

wise Deliberations in the Senate,

The fourth Character. The strict Union of all

the Parts of the State,

The fifth Character. Love of Simplicity, Frú-

gality, Poverty, Labour, and Agricul-

ture,

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43

47

52

54

ibid.

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56

60

62

63

70

ibid.

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60

62

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CONTENTS.

THE SECOND PIECE OF ROMAN HISTORY.

PAGE

The Expulsion of the Kings, and Establish-

ment of Liberty,

Character the first. Hatred of the Royal Dig-

nity,

Character the second. An excessive Love of

Liberty, and a diligent Application to ex-

tend its Right,

Character the third. The reciprocal Modera-

tion of the Senate and People in their

Disputes,

THE THIRD PIECE OF ROMAN HISTORY,

The Space of three and fifty Years, from the

Beginning of the second Punic War, to the

Defeat of Perseus,

CHAP. I.

A Narrative of the Facts,

The Beginning of the second Punic War, and

the Successes of Hannibal,

Fabius, Dictator,

The Battle of Canna,

Scipio chosen General, restores the Affairs of

Spain,

73

ibid.

ibid.

76

81

85

ibid.

86

ibid.

89

92

Scipio returns to Rome, is chosen Consul, and

prepares for the Conquest of Africa,

The War against Philip King of Macedon,

The War against Antiochus King of Syria,

The End and Death of Scipio,

The Death of Hannibal,

The War against Perseus the last King of

Macedon,

CHAP. II.