A selection from Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his son, on education ... / prepared for translation into French ... By Isidore Brasseur.

  • Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
Date:
1846
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Credit: A selection from Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his son, on education ... / prepared for translation into French ... By Isidore Brasseur. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    m the 622d year of Christ, that is, above 1100 years ago.cc There are two great periods in Chronology, trom whichM the nations of Europe date events. The first is the .Creation of the world; the second, the Birth of Jesus Christ. o.^-events, that happened before the Birth of Christ, are dated from the Creation ot the world. Those events,ff which have happened since the Birth of Christ, are dated from that time; as the present year 1739, For example : A. M. Noah’s«« Flood happened in the Year of the 0 World.«... 1656 Babylon was built by Semiramis, in the year •••••.... i8oo Moses was born in the year . . . 2400 Jroy was taken by the Greeks, in the year . 2800 Borne was founded by Romulus, in the /ear 3225 Alexander the Great conquered Persia;hh 3674 Jesus Christ was born in the Year of the World. 4000 I he meaning of A. M. at the top'' of these figures is Anno Mundi, the Year of the World. cc il y a plus de 1100 ans—dd £ partir desquelles—ee les —ff ceux—gg No6,— Babylone,— Moi'se, — Troie—hh ja Perse—» tete—jj chiffres —