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add ; we hope however to be indulged in saying a ferw 

 words in order to justify an undertaking, which is perhaps 

 beyond our ability. 



In translating from tlie Italian, we find it difficult to 

 render the text without disfiguring the ideas of our author. 

 This language, like all others, has peculiar turns, not ea- 

 sily adapted to the genius of our own. 



We have however preferred monotony to elegance of 

 style, where the former seemed necessary to express clear- 

 ly the ideas of the writer. We hare added some notes, 

 which we hope will be pardoned from the interest they 

 excite. 



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