The beauties of history  or pictures of virtue and vice: drawn from examples of men eminent for their virtues, or infamous for their vices. Selected for the instruction and entertainment of youth. By the late W. Dodd, LL.D. Considerably enlarged.

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The beauties of history or pictures of virtue and vice: drawn from examples of men eminent for their virtues, or infamous for their vices. Selected for the instruction and entertainment of youth. By the late W. Dodd, LL.D. Considerably enlarged.