Though  the  style  of  this  pamphlet  is  easy,  uoaiiected,  and  purely
English,  and  the  matter  in  the  main  sensible,  it  is  only,  in  a  very  few


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passages  that  we  discoTer  an  indication  of  the  powers  which  two  years
afterwards  appeared  in  the  ^'Life  of  Lorenzo  de'  Medici."  Thie
delightful  work  was  published  in  the  winter  of  1795^  printed  bj  John
M'Creery  of  Liverpool^  and  met  with  a  reception  that  amply  rewarded
the  author  for  his  long,  but  pleasant  labour.  It  was  almost  immediatdy
translated  into  the  principal  European  languages :  it  was  hailed  with
delight  by  the  Italians,  compliments  showered  in  from  all  quarters;,
and  Mr.  Roscoe  was  installed  among  classical  historians.
