Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Hive, or a Collection of Thoughts on Civil, Moral, Sentimental and Religious Subjects: Selected From the Writings of Near One Hundred of the Best Authors of Different Nations, but Chiefly From the English Writers; Intended as a Repository of Sententious, Ingenious, and Pertinent Sayings, in Verse and Prose
AT a time when the thirst for knowledge is so universal, that it is sought after by all ranks of people; through its most intricate wind ings, and mazy labyrinths, it is not to be wondered at, that books of science and polite literature are published in such abundance, and that they meet with that reception and encouragement, from a liberal-minded pub lic, which their noble design requires, an] which their intrinsic merit demands.
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