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PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

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ALEXANDER CHALMERS, A.M.

VOL. XXV.

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-Tentanda via est; quâ me quoque possim
Tollere humo, victorque virûm volitare per ora.

VIRG.

On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go,
And leave the gazing multitude below.

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