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PROPOSALS
By EDW.dRD EARLE,
ron PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION
THE WORKS
CORNELIUS 'TACITUS
WITH
An Essay on his LIFE and Genius !; Notes.
Supplements, Sc.
BY ARTHUR MURPHY, ESQ.
The frst .da,erlcan, from the last London
Edition.
With the Authors last corrections.
BY ARTHUR MURPHY, ESQ

works 70 those to whom they may not be al.
ready known, the following no,iee OF them
- conieL from tie London Review OF the
time when they were fist published.
s. Though" says this Review, 1t be
with the translation OF Iacitus that we nave
now ia do, not with the characterof that OIL
o;nsl and great historian himself 1t would De
S;e;cult. perhaps unnatural and lndecorous,
10 pass by the present opporta"ity OF reSos,
n;s;ur the merit of th4t sublime genus, and
ioiaing in The general voice OF applause ana
admiration. Corneliu, Iscitus, ey rare
felicity Of circumstances, united IN hunseh
all those relations, qualities, and accomplish
ments, that are requisite to form 4 great ms
tor;an He was of senatorial rank, and In
that order hichly dis: ingnisned tie ENJOY
ed the favor the princes and severelghs OF
the cisiiized world, and held civil offices OF
the bighes, dignity and importance lie pos.
sessed native probity * elevation OF mind
and these noble qualities were heightened
an5 conHrMed BY an hahituai conversancy
with the history of the Roman republic, and
an education in the principles OF tie suoi'm-
ext nh;iosophy, The profoundness OF his re-
aecsions. the precision of his diction his
elegant and energetic breviiy. and aomethihg
remarkable picturesque and dramatic IN his
manner, conspire, with the dignity and i'm
portance Of his subjects, to clothe MS WORKS
with never filling bloom, and render MS
fame immortal He records the actions, the
counsels, the secret motives OF the great ac-
TORS in the greatest political drama that was
ever ex,Y;bited on the world; and the tilsto-
70 of T.citus, as is well observed by his &C
compI;shed translate, and critic, is PhIlo-
sophy teaching by example.
The contents of these volumes seem natu"
rally to admit of the following division -
II A dedication to the right honorable Ed.
~ and Burke; an Essay on the lite and GEM
nc of Tacitus the annals OF IacItus, with
,,nnlements and an appendix; genealegi'
cal table, with an index OF the Caesars -
notes ON the annals and appendix, and maps
&C tbe ancient world as known to the 10
rr.n<. and of Asia. 2. Thehstory OF Iaci-
nus, with an appendix, and notes to the MS
tory and appendix ; and maps OF the el'y o,
Jerusalem, and of Italy 8. The celebrated
and valuable Treatise on the manners OF the
Carmsns, with notes and a map OF ancient
Germany: and the life of Asricola, with
notes and geogr aphical table OF the places,
r;,.rs. SC. mentioned in these volumes -
IT. thase authentic works Of Taciius is added
&c the dialogue concerning Oratory, OF which
.s Mr.. Murphy in note has Justly remark
=. 9 Th.. CO nmentators are much divided IN
,hs;r on;n;ons about the real author. This
swort. tney all agree, is masterpiece IN the
lind written with taste ard judgment; en-
pertaining, profound and elegant. but Whe'
.har Il Is to beascribedto Tacisus, Qulnctillan,
~ any other person whom they cannot name,
+ o,e .,ion upon which they have exhausted
st,re of learning Mr.. Murphy, after CIV
;nc an account of the principal arguments
hro and con, says IN conclusion, ai1nougn 80
seems to lean to the opinion tha' 1t IS inc
nroductios of racitus: = The dispute Is ONO
innortance for, as Lipsias says, whether
we piye the dialogue to Quincfiiian or TO a.
c;tns. no Inconvenience can arise. whoever
WAS tbe author, it is performance CT un-
common beauty. go
=. Mr.. Mu. ply has given the sense OF his
author in pleasing and proper style. even
cached not a little of his manner: IN order
m 40 which, in so long work, 1t was neces-
s.~v 10 be master of the whole compass OF the
E,~,ish language. His notes and supple.
.,,aots .hew that he is intimately conversant
wi,s Roman antiquity, and with literature In
General He views the objects that pass be-
fn~s him with the eye of a critic, ,noralist,
anS .nolit;cian; and in particular he makes
;.,.res,ia,- comparisons between the sltua-
. ., am, characters of different ancient and
,,,odern tribes and nations
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