The Companion  being a selection of the beauties of the most celebrated authors, in the English language. In prose and verse. [Two lines from Akenside].

The life of Alexander the Great. King of Macedon . Compiled from ancient history. By Mr. Rollin, late principal of the University of Paris, professor of eloquence in the Royal College, and member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres. Translated from the French.

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