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Essays or Discourses

by Benito Jerónimo Feijoo

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Author
Feijoo, Benito Jerónimo, 1676-1764
Title
Essays, or discourses, vol. 1 (of 4) : Selected from the works of Feyjoo, and translated from the Spanish
Original Publication
United Kingdom: John Brett, 1780.
Credits
Josep Cols Canals, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Spanish essays -- Translations into English
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71277
Release Date
July 26, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.ESSAYS, OR DISCOURSES,
  3. 3.CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
  4. 4.THE TRANSLATOR’s PREFACE.
  5. 5.PROLOGUE. TO THE READER.
  6. 6.THE VOICE of the PEOPLE. — SECT. I. — SECT. II. — SECT. III. — SECT. IV. — SECT. V. — SECT. VI. — SECT. VII. — SECT. VIII.
  7. 7.VIRTUE and VICE. — SECT. II. — SECT. III. — SECT. IV. — SECT. V. — SECT. VI. — SECT. VII.
  8. 8.Exalted and Humble FORTUNE. — SECT. II. — SECT. III. — SECT. V. — SECT. VI. — SECT. VII. — SECT. VIII. — SECT. IX. — SECT. X. — SECT. XI. — SECT. XII.
  9. 9.THE MOST REFINED POLICY. — SECT. I. — SECT. II. — SECT. IV. — SECT. V. — SECT. VI. — SECT. VII. — SECT. VIII. — SECT. IX. — SECT. X. — SECT. XI. — SECT. XI. — SECT. XIII.
  10. 10.THE MACHIAVELIANISM OF THE ANCIENTS. — SECT. I. — SECT. II. — SECT. III. — SECT. IV. — SECT. V. — SECT. VI. — SECT. VII. — SECT. VIII. — SECT. IX. — SECT. X. — SECT. XI. — SECT. XII. — SECT. XIII.
  11. 11.AMBITION IN SOVEREIGNS. — SECT. I. — SECT. II. — SECT. III. — SECT. IV. — SECT. V. — SECT. VI. — SECT. VII. — SECT. VIII. — SECT. IX.
  12. 12.THE VALUE OR SUPERIOR EXCELLENCE OF NOBILITY. — SECT. II. — SECT. III. — SECT. IV. — SECT. V. — SECT. VI. — SECT. VII. — SECT. VIII. — SECT. IX.
  13. 13.THE SEMBLANCE OF VIRTUE; OR, VIRTUE IN APPEARANCE. — SECT. I. — SECT. II. — SECT. III. — SECT. IV. — SECT. V. — SECT. VI. — SECT. VII. — SECT. VIII.
  14. 14.ERRATUM.
  15. 15.FOOTNOTES. — Transcriber’s Notes

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