Antiquities explained : being a collection of - Swedish Gem AB

358 Pages·2009·14.68 MB·English

by  Ogle, George, 1704-1746

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Antiquities Explained.
COLLECTION
Being a of
FIGURED GEMS
lUuflrated by
SIMILAR DESCRIPTIONS
CLASSICS.
Takenfrom the
GEORGE
OGLE,
By Efq;
VOL.
I.
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L Ni
Printed by James Bettenbatny
For Cl, Du Bosc, at the Golden Head in Charles-Street,
M.DCC.XXXVU.
Covent'Garden.

GRACE
To His
LIONEL CRANFIELD SACKVILLE
Duke of Dorset, Earl of Dorset and Mid-
dlesex, Baron of Buckhurst, and Ba-
ron Cranfield c/Cranfield Conjlabte of
;
Dover-Caftle.^ Warden and Admiral ofthe
CiNauE-PoRTs, Gustos Rotulorum
of
theCounty ofKent, and ofthe Citj and Coun-
ty of Canterbury, P^ice-Admiral of the
County of Kent, One of the Lords of his
Majeftys moji Honourahle Trivy Council^
Knight of the moft Nohle Order of the Gar-
ter Lord Lieutenant-General, and General
^
Governour of the Kingdom of Ireland.
Sir,
IS HA LL need all your Grace's Humanity and Good
Nature, to gain Ejfcufe for the Liberty 1 have ta-
ken, in pre-fixing your Name to this Performance;
whofe many Imperfedions, I am but too fenfible, will
ill admit of a fevere Examination.
I would plead, that it has long been the common
Ufage of Authors (in almoft every Species of Literature)
to feek Shelter under the Patronage of a Sackville
;
could I be as certain that the Work, 1 have now the Ho-
nor of prefenting to your Grace, better merited your
Attention.
A
2 Yet
;
DEDICATION.
iv
my
Yet AddrefTes of this Kind, Lord, are never
more properly offer'd, than when direded to Perfons,
whofe known Abilities and Virtues have plac'd Them,
(and plac'd Them to fhine) in high Stations; and I was
unwilling to omit any Opportunity of acknowledging
the grateful Senfe I retain of thofe Favors, confer'd by
me
your Grace, on Relations fo near to as Brothers
nor can I be totally lilent on the Manner in which thofe
M
Favors were confer'd that anner which makes every
;
Favor a double Obligation
1
1 fhall not trouble your Grace, in the Way of Au-
thors, with a long Detail of the Pains I have taken to
improve this * CoUedion. I fhall only fay. That it
fell by Accident into my Hands; That the Difficulty
of Accefs to the Cabinets of the Curious, made me turn
my Thoughts to the Explication of a Suite of Gems al-
ready publifh'd whofe Subje<fts of Compofition brought
;
back to my Memory many parallel Defcriptions in the
ancient Claffics. As the Fre^ich Edition was attended
with a very fhort Explanation, I conceiv'd it might be
of Service to make fome f Additions; and, for the fake
of All who are Admirers of the Greek and Roma?t Po-
ets, to infert fuch Paffages as appeared {imilar to the
Gems produc'd. To every Quotation it was thought
proper to fubjoin an EngliJlD Verfion, for the Benefit
of thofe who are not Mafters of the learned Languages.
my
Wherever I could meet an elegant Tranflation to
Hand, I made bold to ufe it: I am much indebted oa
* This Collection was firft publifh'd at Far'n in 1732.
+ Whatever follows the Afterifm in each Article, is added to this Edi-
tion.
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