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CHAPTER V. 



The Dignity of Civil History and the Obstacles it has to cnccunter. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Division of Civil History into Memoirs, Antiquities, and Perfecl 



History. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Division of PerL-ct History into Chronicles, Biographies, and Relatioof 



The Development of their parts. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Division of the History of Times into Universal and Particular. Tho 

 Advantages and Disadvantages of both. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Second Division of the History of Times, into Annals and Journals. 



CHAPTER X. 



Second Division of Special Civil History into Pure and Mixed. 



CHAPTER XL 



Ecclesiastical History divided into the General History of the Church, 

 History of Prophecy, and History of Providence. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Tho Appendix of History embraces the Words of Men, as the Body of 



History includes their Exploits. Its Division into Speeches, Letters, 



and Apophthegms. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 The Second leading Branch of Learning Poetry. Its Division into 



Narrative, Dramatic, and Parabolic. Three Examples of the latter 



species detailed. 



BOOK III. 



CHAPTER I. 



Division of Learning into Theology and Philosophy. The latter divided 

 into the Knowledge of God, of Nature, and of Man. Construction of 

 Philosophia Prima as the Mother of all the Sciences. 



CHAPTER II. 



Natural Theology with its Appendix, the Knowledge of Angels and 



Spirits. 



CHAPTER III. 

 Natural Philosophy divided into Speculative and Practical. 



sity of keeping these Two Branches distinct. 



