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INTRODUCTION

TO THE

LITERATURE OF EUROPE,

IN THE

FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH

CENTURIES.

VOLUME III.

INTRODUCTION,

TO THE

LITERATURE OF EUROPE

IN THE

FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH

CENTURIES.

BY HENRY HALLAM, LL.D., F.R.A.S.,

FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.

De modo autem hujusmodi historise conscribendæ, illud imprimis monemus, ut
materia et copia ejus, non tantum ab historiis et criticis petatur, verum etiam per
singulas annorum centurias, aut etiam minora intervalla, seriatim libri præcipui, qui
eo temporis spatio conscripti sunt, in consilium adhibeantur; ut ex eorum non per-
lectione (id enim infinitum quiddam esset), sed degustatione, et observatione argu-
menti, styli, methodi, genius illius temporis literarius, veluti incantatione quadam, a
mortuis evocetur.-BACON de Augm. Scient.

FIFTH EDITION.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.-VOL. III.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1855.

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