THE

METHOD

OF

TEACHING AND STUDYING

THE

BELLES LETTRES,

OR, AN INTRODUCTION TO

LANGUAGES, POETRY, RHETORIC, HISTORY,

MORAL PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, &c.

WITH

REFLECTIONS ON TASTE,

And Instructions wiih regard to
THE ELOQUENCE OF THE PULPIT, THE BAR, AND TIME STAGE.
The whole illustrated with Passages from the most famous Poets and

Orators, Ancient und Modern;

WITII CRITICAL REMARKS ON THEM.

DESIGNED MORE PARTICULARLY FOR STUDENTS IN TUE UNIVERSITY.

BY M. ROLLIN,
Late Principal of the University of Paris, Frofessor of Eloqnence in the Royal College, and

Member of the Royal Academy of Inscritions and Belies Lettres.

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1810.

CONTENTS.

PART III.

OF PROFANE HISTORY.

THE THIRD FIECE EXTRACTED FROM THE GRE..

CIAN HISTORY,

Page 1

6

Of the Lacedemonian Governmert,

ibid,

The first Institution. The Senate,

2

The second Institution. The Division of the

Lands and Prohibition of Gold and Silver

Money,

3

The third Institution. Public Meals,

IV. Other Institutions,

Reflections upon the Government of Sparta, and

the Laws of Lycurgus,

12

I. Things laudable in the Laws of Lycurgus, ibid. ?

1. The Nature of the Spartan Government, 13

2. The equal Division of Lands, and Prohi-

bition of Gold and Silver Money,

14

3. The excellent Education of Youth,

17

4. Obedience,

19

Critical Observations upon a Passage in Hero-

dotus,

22

II. Things blamable in the Laws of Lycurgus,

1. Upon the Choice of the Children to be

brought up or exposed,

ibid.

2. The sole Care of the Body,