Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-12-24
PROPOSALS
by EDWARD EARLE,
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION,
THE WORKS
CORNELIUS TACITUS

TAClTUS
IN Essay on his Life and Genus 'NoseS,
Supplements, &c.
ny ARTHUR MURPHY, ESQ.
The first .American, from, the last LonaoH
Edition.
With the Authors last corrections.
AS a brief Recommendation OF the ABOVE
works 20 those to whom they may not De al.
ready known, the following notice OF them
!. copied from the LONDON Review OF the
time when they were first published.
g Though" says this RevieS, II DC
,v;,b REORGANIZATION of racitus that we nave
now TO do, not with the character oil that OH
ginal and great historian himself II wouiei De
d;fy;cuit. perhaps unnatural and indecorohs'
80 pass by the present opPoriunty oiFec0S'
nisinp the merit Of that sublime genus aea
ioiaing in the general voice OF applause ana
admiration. Cornelius TIcitus, ey rare
felicity of circumstances, united III hnnSe'
ali those relations, qualities, ana accomplish
ments, that are requisite to form great MS
torian: He was of senatorial rank, ana III
that order highly distinguished, lie ENJOY
ed the favor # the princes and sevcrclghs ot
the civilized world, and held civil Offices OF
the highessdignity and Importance. ne pos
sessed native prohity elevation oil h'i''o
and these noble qualities were heiSh'e"en
snd CONFIRMED By an hahitual coArersdncy
with the history of the Roman republic ana
an education in the principles OF the sun'nf-
est philosophy. The profoundness OF ms re-
eections the precision OF his dicuon MS
ELEGANT and energetic brcvi,y and something
remarkably picturesque and dramatic IN his
manner, conspire, with the dignity and M,
portance of his subjects, to cioihe hi' "orsS
with never filing bloom, and rcnaeF ms
fame immortal He records TIC actions inc
counsels. tbs secret motives OF the gfeat &C
tors in the creates, political drama that was
ever exhibited on the world; and the Hisio-
~ NJ T.ci.us, as is well observed by has &C
complisbed translator an critic, is Phiio-
sophy teaching BY example.
The contents OF these volumes seem na'o~
rally to admit OF the toilowiAg diFiS'o"
/. A dedication to the right hohoFanle f'o-
nupd Burke; an Essay on the he ana GEM
ms of Tacitus the annals ct isa'as' "iu'
supplements and an appcndix gene"seS'-
c,i table, with an index OF te Ssesais -
notes on the annals and appendix, and maps
&c the ancient world as known to tue I'D
-, and of Asia. g. The history OF i sel-
&c with an appendix, and notes To the nis-
tory and appendix; and m&ps OF Inc si'! o,
T.,,,s,laa, and of Italy s. The celebrated
- v.Ju,hie Treatise on the manners oil tae
- With notes and map OF ancient
C.,n,nv. and the lille OF Agrioola, with
notes. ard a geographical table CT the Places
r;vers, sc mentioned III these vo'umes-
.ro 900 outhentie works Of iaci'us Is added
4. tho 6iaiorus concerning Oratory, OF which
- Nr N,rphy in note has Justly remark
- TIM, co nneus :ors arc much divided III
,t,;r o,.inions about the real author his
~ t,ev al agree, is masterpiece IN the
- wr;t,eowith taste ard judgment; en-
tortaining, profouad and elegant. bu' whe'
ther it Is 10 5eascrias:iio aci US, Qu'hC'iia"'
or any oti,er persen whom they cannot name,
isa question upon which they nave exhausted
$50 6f learning SIR. Murphy, after CIV
- ON account of the principal arguments
80. o,J con, saw. In conclusion, although se
sa.r,s :, lean to the opinion that It Is the
-od,c,;on of Taci.ue: The dispute is oi no
,no,tance for, as LiDsias says, whether
"a rive the dialogue to Quinctillan or TO Ia
c;,us. no Inconvenience can arise Whoever
WAS the author, i, is performance OF un-
common beauty.
Mr. Murphy has given the sense oil his
,,,,,r IN pleasing and proper style. even
aa,raed not little Of his manner: IN order
40 which, 10 SO long work, 1t was neces-
$50 70 be master Of the whole compass OF the
rns,;sb language. lis notes and supple.
,spts shew that he IS intimately con'ersant
with Roman anliquty, and with literature IN
oaneral He views the objects that pass De-
- hin, with the eye OF critic, moralist'
nd : poiit:cian; and in particular he makes
:n.aras,;nr comparisons between the situa.
,;".s and Characters of different ancient and
ss,3,aro tribes and na'ions
iho1e' CONMTIONS.
The WORKS OF r.ci,us shall be put to
&c A suffi lent number OF SUB.
80 IN n be ob,a red o justify It.
~ ,.Gor sbsil be printed with new plea