Chi vuole riformare uno stato antico in una città libera, ritenga almeno l'ombra dei modi antichi. MACHIAV. Discorsi. Lib. I, C. 25. Nec preme, nec summum molire per æthera Currum› Inferiùs terras; medio tutissimus ibis. Neu te dexterior, tortum declinet ad Anguem, Neve sinisterior pressam rota ducat ad Aram; Inter utrumque tene. OVID. Met. L. II, V. 135. ADVERTISEMENT. THE Composition of the following Dialogue formed the recreation of the author during his travels in various parts of Europe. Such as it is, he submits it to the Public, hoping, that as the fermenting lees of the great political vat are now beginning to subside, they will be regaled with the taste of clear and palatable wine. To obviate any inconvenient altercations, he has to add that the right to the sale of the wine drawn off, is secured. PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. CONSTANTINE, a native of Boston, student of Civil Law, in the University of Cambridge (Massachussets). EUGENE, son of an English Settler at Stanton (Virginia) student of the Law of Nature and Nations in the College of Williamsburgh. SCENE OF THE DIALOGUE. Mount Vernon (Virginia), residence of the late General Washington. |