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90, Senittm Salomoneum. J.Pilgren. 1759. 



A paraphrafe and coniment on Solomon^s defcrip- 

 tion of old age, which has To frequently employed 

 the pen both of medical and theological critijcs. 

 With the reader's leave, this may be called a phyfio- 

 logicaland pathological explanation of the text ; not 

 that the author has failed to interfperfefuitable moral 

 reflexions. Sokmon^s allufions are probably tooob- 

 fcure, at this diftance of time, to admit of uncon- 

 troverted explanation* The prefent attempt muft 

 be allowed to be an ingenious one, and worthy of 

 the regard of thofe who v/ifh to turn their atten- 

 tion to this fubjed. 



91. AucTORES BoTANici. A. Loo, lJo9* 



We are here prefented with an alphabetical cata- 

 logue of botanic writers, amounting to upwards 

 of 350, on the following plan :— After the name of 

 the writer, follows the time of his birth ; his rank 

 or profefTion ; the period in which he flourifhed, 

 commonly taken from the date of his firft publi- 

 cation, the title of which is given in brief; and 

 laftly, the year of his death. The catalogue takes 

 in fome authors yet living. 



Such as have been eminently confpicuous for 

 their merit, are, in this lift, denoted by an afterifk 

 affixed to the name. After the alphabetic cata- 

 logue, other arrangements of the fame authors 

 take place; in one, particularly, they are arranged 

 . according to the countries of which they were 

 natives. The catalogue concludes by pointing 



out 



