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Title: The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar : written on a new plan.
Year: 1788 (1780s)
Authors: Henry, Robert, 1718-1790 Mercantile Library Association (Boston, Mass.), former owner
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Publisher: London : printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell
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and fimplicity inwhich they lived ; and the rural fports and amufe-ments in which they fpent their time. To fuchreaders Britannia, in this period, will appear ano-ther Arcadia, peopled with happy (hepherds andfhepherdefTes, tending their flocks and herds in:e, free from all cares and pains but thofe ofJove; and making the hills and dales refoundwith their melodious fongs; never reflecting onthe many wants and inconveniencies to whichthe fwains and nymphs were expofed, by theirignorance or very imperfect knowledge of themod ufeful arts. On the other hand, thofe whoB b 4 are 3?6 HISTORY OF BRITAIN, Book I, are inchanted with the opulence, magnificence,and refinements of modern times, will view, withcontempt and pity, the humble cottages, themean drefs, the coarfe and fcanty fare, and theruHic gambols of the ancient Britons : not con-fidering that nature is fatisfied with little, andthat if they did not pofTefs, neither did they feelthe want of the admired enjoyments of the pre-fent age.
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