DISSERTATION ON THE RUINS;

&c. &c.

Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu?
Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.

-If, as is the fact, the majority deceive themselves, and deceive
themselves with sincerity, it follows that the human mind as readily
imbibes falsehood as truth; and in that case, how is it to be enlight-
ened?-Ruins, Chapter 14th.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN,
AND LONGMAN, PATERNOSTER ROW.

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