Letter to The Chronicle (1762) [ Concepts ]
… at popularity have studied the amusements & diversions of the people. Caesar’s legacy of his gardens to the Commons of Rome made a greater impression on their minds, & more endeared his memory, than all his great actions. Tho he had enlarged the bounds of his Empire, & extended the glory of the Roman name, yet the people of Rome, so fond of empire & glory, nay, the very legions he had so often led to victory, rather seemd disposed to applaud …
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