OF THE

PENINSULAR WAR.

"Unto thee

"Let thine own times as an old story be."

DONNE.

BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ. LL.D.

POET LAUREATE,

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY, OF THE
ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY OF HISTORY, OF THE ROYAL

INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS, OF THE

CYMMRODORION, OF THE MASSACHUSETTS

HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ETC.

A NEW EDITION.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. V.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET,

MDCCCXXXVII.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
FEB 4 1955

Ἱστορίας γὰρ ἐὰν ἀφέλη τις το διὰ τί, καὶ πῶς, καὶ τίνος χάριν ἐπράχθη, καὶ το πραχθὲν ποτερα ἔυλογον ἔσχε το τέλος, το καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀγώνισμα μὲν, μάθημα δὲ οὐ γίγνεται· καὶ παραυτικα μὲν τέρπει, πρὸς δὲ τὸ μέλλον οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ τὸ παράPOLYBIUS, lib. iii. sect. 31.

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