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Abbe Raynal : Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, A

'Above a month ago, I found Raynal's history of the E. and W. Indies, in a farmer's house of this neighbourhood. It were long to tell you fully my opinion of the work, which (according to Gibbon) the author, by a happy audacity, names philosophical as well as political. The abbe's researches embrace almost the whole habitable globe; his narrative, too much chequered by boisterous speculations, is generally conducted in a distinct, easy manner...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle      Print: Book

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