HISTORY, 69 



CHAP. IV. 



Ox HISTORY IN GENEIAL, 



AND ITS 



DIVISIONS. 



WE are now come to one of the moft 

 pleafing proipedh in the vaft empire ot 

 the fciences , to one of the moft important ob- 

 jects of univerfal erudition ; to a ftudy worthy to 

 engage the attention of the firft of mankind. 

 >ry is now the fubject of our reflections. 

 All who have hitherto treated on this intcreiling 

 part of literature, and have attempted to point 

 out the moft proper method of attaining it, have 

 conftantly repeated what Cicero and their other 

 : ifors, ancient and modern, have faid in 



le of hiilory. We do not think it necefiary 

 here to enumerate thofe encomiums, but mall 

 endeavour to add to their 'IOIH 



fome further remarks on the utility of thi> 

 BCC. 



II. Ignorance was ever difgraceful to huma- 

 nity , and it is more eipecially Ib in . 



