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Besides a number of letters and poems, her literary productions include a translation of Fontenelle's "Plurality of Worlds," and a paraphrase on Van Dale's "De Oraculis Ethnicorum."

This is the celebrated Antonii Van Dale, "De Ethnicorum Oraculis Dissertationes," which was published at Amsterdam at least as early as the year 1682; that is, one hundred and sixty years ago. And upon the same subject there has been no subsequent book which maintains an equal rank.

This important position of Van Dale with regard to the effectual creed of Europe so that, whether he were read directly or were slighted for a more fashionable expounder, equally in either case it was his doctrines which prevailed must always confer a circumstantial value upon the original dissertations, "De Ethnicorum Oraculis." This original work of Van Dale is a book of considerable extent.

"Aves quasdam . . . rerum augurandarum causa natas esse putamus." claps of thunder, the overflowing of rivers "Multa cernunt Aruspices, multa Augures provident, multa oraculis declarantur, multa vaticinationibus, multa somniis, multa portentis." and others of the like nature, upon which antiquity founded most of their public and private enterprises, our religion has totally abolished them.

"Yes, that will be the best for all parties." He often questioned the doctor in his blunt way how soon the desired event might be expected to come off, if at all. The doctor still answered per ambages, ut mos oraculis. "I see I must go myself No, I won't, I'll send Fry. Ah, here is Hodges. Go and see the parson, and come back and tell me whether he is like to live or like to die. Mr.