THE

MODERN PART

OF AN

Univerfal Hiftory,

FROM THE

Earliest AccoUT of TIME.

VOL. XXXI.

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THE

MODERN PART

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Modern History:

BEING A

CONTINUATION

OF THE

Univerfal Hiftory.

Hiftory of the UNITED PROVINCES, or Republic of HOLLAND.

SECT. I.

Containing a fhort defcription of Holland; a character of the people a view of the different departments of the republican government; of the commerce of the provinces; religion, &c. &c.

A

Variety of circumftances confpire in rendering the hiftory of the United Provinces entertaining and inftructive. The inhabitants of this country have ever been celebrated for their valour, their perfeverance, and love of liberty, which remain unaltered amidst the viciffitudes of time, and the moft fingular reverfes of fortune. The extraordinary revolutions, the complex form of the eftablifhed government, the opulence, commerce, artificial beauty, and other peculiarities of this country, as well as the induftry, frugality, temperance, fimplicity, and natural difpofition of the people, merit the utmost attention of the politician and philofopher. It is not the MOD. HIST. VOL. XXXI. B

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