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PROPOSALS
BY EDH.fRD E.ARLE,
ron PUBLISHING BY suBscRIprioS'
THE WORKS
OF
C0RNELIUS TACITUS

CORNELIUS IAOllUO
IN Essay on his Life and Genius !; Notes,
Supplements, CSC.
ny ARTHUR MURPHY, ESQ.
The FIRST .imerioan, from the last London
Edi,ioa.
With the Authors last corrections.
AS : brief recommendation Of the ABOVE
works u those to wAom they may nos be al
ready known, the following notice OF them
!, copied from t London Review OF the
time Shen taey were first published.
:. Though" says this Revies, 1t be
with the translation oil acitus that we have
nov 20 90, not with the character OF that OIL
yiaal and great historian himself 1t Woaid DC
S;fScusf, perhaps unnaturai and lndecorous,
10 aszs nv the present Opportunity OF recog-
nss,i,t the mort of IN sublime genius, ana
;nir,sg al ,he general voice OF applause a''d
a1,nirstioa. Cornelius rAcitus, sy arare
fe,icIly of circumstances, united III himself
all those relations, qualities and accomplish
ments, that are requisite to form great MS
t,rian: He was OF senatorial rank, and IN
that order hiahly Distinguished. lie ENJOY
ed the favor { he princes and seVereigns OF
the civilized world, and held civil offices OF
re highes; dignity and Importance he pos
sessed native probity * elevation OF m'hG
AID ,hesc notle qualities were heightened
and confirmed by Sn ia Ituai coAversa'ity
WITH the history Of he Roman republic, ana
AN education il the p incip'es al tie suhiim-
est phi.osophy. The prCG uhdness OF MS re-
ACTIONS the pre-, ision OF his dicuon his
elegant and energetic 5reviy and aomethi
remarkably pictnsesq"e aud dramatic IN ms
manner, conspire, 9Th the diSnisy ana I'M
porance Of his SUBJECTS, to c.othe nl' WORKS
with never filing bloom, and r9n1e" MS
fame Immortal Re records the a1uons the
counse!s, tbs secret mot,ges OF The great &C
tors ~ the creates, political Drama that was
ever exhibited on he world and the hiS;o-
g,rv of Tacitus, as is well observed by his &C
eoaplishei translate, ani critic, is F" PhIio-
:cphy teaching by EXAMPLE.
The contents Of these volumes seem natu"
r,lly TO atmit of The following alvision -
/. 4 dsdic alton to the right honorable I'd
no,1 Purke: an Essay on the lie and gent
us of Ta,itus the annals OF facllus. with
supDlements AMI an appendix; gcneaiogi-
c,I table, with an index of tic C&sars =
notes on. re annals ana appendix, and maps
&c TIE ancient world as known to the Ro-
"A of A., o-1'L~ iisv1ry Of faCl-
tus. vita an appendix, and notcS to the his
tory and appendix and maps o. the city of
Jeruselea, and OF Italy 8. The celebrated
and vajuable Treatise on the manners OF the
Germans, with notes and a map o. ancient
Germany and the lite OF agnooia, with
notes and geographical table OF the places,
rivers, &c mentioned la these volumes -
To these aatheatic works OF Iacnus Is added
I" The dialogue concerning Oratory, of which
az Mr.. Murphy in note has Justly remark
e1. The co nn,entatorS are much divided IN
their opiniols about the real author This
work. tney az agree, is masterpiece in tie
kind: written with taste ard Judgment; en-
pertaining, profound and elegant. But whe-
tberit Is to beascribedto raciius, Quincii,ian,
or anv other person whom they cannot name,
;s ones,ionupon which they have exhausted
store of learning Mr., Murphy, after CIV
mp AN account of the principal arguments
hro and con, says in conclusion, although ne
seems 70 lean 10 the opinion that it is the
,rodnc,;oa of Tacitus The dispute is ONO
inheritance for, as I.ipsius says, whether
we give the dialogue W @Suti&@tiisoa VI W = @"
eitus, no Inconvenience can arise. Whoever
was the author, it is performance OF un-
common beauty.
" Mr.. Mn ply has given the sense OF his
nuthor in a pleasing and proper style, & even
ca,ched not little of his manner; in order
to do which, in so long work, 1t was neces-
sary to be master of the whole compass OF the
Fn,fsb language. bis notes and supple
r,ect. chew that he is intimately conversant
with Roman antiquity. and WIKI literature in
general. He views the objects that pas be-
fore him with the eye OF critic, moratist
and !. politician; and in particular he makes
in,srestiag comparisons between the si;ua-
tons am characters OF different ancient and
modern tribes and nations I"
CONDITIONS.
I. The works of raci,us shall be put to
soon as a sufficient number of SUBJ
script;ons sail be oh;a ned 20 justify it.
q They shall be printed with new plea