The compleat courtier: or, The morals of the famous historian Cornelius Tacitus concerning flattery, &c. In above one hundred essays. Paraphras'd and illustrated with useful observations by the Sieur Amelo de la Houssaie and M. D'Ablancourt. Done out of French.
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The compleat courtier: or, The morals of the famous historian Cornelius Tacitus concerning flattery, &c. In above one hundred essays. Paraphras'd and illustrated with useful observations by the Sieur Amelo de la Houssaie and M. D'Ablancourt. Done out of French.
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Tacitus, Cornelius.
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London: Printed, and are to be sold by E. Rumball, at the Post-house in Russel-street in Covent-Garden,
1700.
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Etiquette -- Early works to 1800.
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"The compleat courtier: or, The morals of the famous historian Cornelius Tacitus concerning flattery, &c. In above one hundred essays. Paraphras'd and illustrated with useful observations by the Sieur Amelo de la Houssaie and M. D'Ablancourt. Done out of French." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A62449.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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ESSAY. XXXV.
THrough the Benevolence of Au∣gustus
ratifi'd by Tiberius him∣self,
it has been the custom, that
the Supplicant, e'er he put up his
Prayers and Wishes to the Gods,
should first address them to his
Prince's Ears.
Says D'Ablancourt, The purport of his
Letter was, That his Obligation was such to
the Memory of Augustus, and to the Testi∣monies
of Tiberius's Affections, that he ad∣dress'd
his Prayers rather to the Emperour
then the Gods.
This Language well befits the Flat∣terers
at Court, who adore no other
Deity but Fortune. This is a Theme
so plain, it needs no Commentary: Be∣sides
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that, my design is only to Inform,
and not to Offend.
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