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LONDON MAGAZINE: NDO

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GENTLEMAN'S Monthly Intelligencer. MDCCXXXII

MULTUM IN PARVO.

LONDON: Printed by C. ACKERS in St. John's-Street, For J. WILFORD, behind the Chapter-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard; T. Cox at the Lamb under the Royal-Exchange; J. CLARKE at the GoldenBall in Duck-Lane; and T. ASTLEY at the Rufe over-against the North Door of St. Paul's.

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PREFACE.

S the miscellaneous Kind of Writing is in its own Nature peculiarly engaging; Variety of Subjects having a certain Quality of unbending and entertaining the Mind; fo this Work may boaft of a greater Variety in lefs Compass, than any other Kind of Performance, and truly anfwers our Motto, Multum (we might fay Plurima) in Parvo.

Indeed, a Work of this Nature, well executed, can hardly fail of pleafing almost all Sorts of Perfons; the Variety herein contain'd being in fome Sort proportionable to the vaft Variety of Difpofitions and Tafes in the World; fo that if fome Things do not pleafe fome Geniufes, here are others that may. Is one apt to be taken with Politicks, another with Hiftory, another with Poetry; one with ferious and grave Subjects, another with humourous and comical ones; they may find all thefe in this Collection, and a great Number under thefe and feveral other Heads.

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