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T108640
An oration by Mr. Peter Burman against the studies of humanity. Shewing, that the learned languages, history, eloquence and critick, are not only useless, but also dangerous to the studies of law, physick, philosophy, and above all of divinity; to which last Poetry is a special help. Translated into English, and the original annext.
Burman, Pieter (1668-1741)
Social Sciences
English
printed for J. W. and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane
London
1721

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