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Excerpt from The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Vol. 1 of 8 W H EN I was informed by a friend who lives near you, that you were returned to Paris, l rcfolved to wait on you. As foon as my health would admit. After having been prevented by the gout for fame time, I was in hopes at length of payin my refpecls to you at your houfa, and went thither. But foun you not at home. It is incumbent on me therefore to do that in writing, which 1 could not in parfun. And to re turn you my acknowledgments for all the favours you have been leafed to confer upon me, of which. I be you will be afl'are that l ihall always retain the mull gratcf fcnfe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.