The Jewish Spy (Volume 2); Being a Philosophical, Historical, and Critical Correspondence by Letters, Which Lately Passed Between Certain Jews in Turkey, Italy, France, Etc (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1766. Excerpt: ... to make an End of some Affair which I have at Brussels; and from thence I shall not sail to write to thee., Fare thee well, dear Brito, and may the Uod of our Fathers abundantly prosper thee. End of the Second Volume. INDEX a Work preserved at Paris, 26. Abarbanel, Rabbi, his idle Tales about Moses's Rod, 195. Abbas I and II, Sophies of Persia, their terrible Op-pression of the Jews, 91, 92. Abbes, very great Hypocrites, till they get some Bene-fice, 114. Achilles, not better known than Homer, 56. Achmet, Sultan's Mosque built of the Ruins of Trey, 228. ASlions, good, immortalize Sovereigns more than all their Monuments, 264. Adventures of a Cordelier with a Female Votary, 15. Of two Noble Venetians with a Frenchman and a. Spaniard, 62. Of a Foreigner with a Venetian Lady, 65, 66. Of the Duke of Maine with some Courtezans, 72. Of a Genoese Carver, and a Couple of Frenchman, 85, &c. Of a Bishop deceived by a Mission, 102. Of the King of Corsica, 103, &c. Of the Daughter of a Z)a/sA Consul at MeJJina, 117. Of a Spirit that gnawed Cloth, &c. 133. Of the Mi-stresses of a Reman Legat, and a Patriarch of Venice, 140, 141. Of a Legat with Gi-vri, 144. Of one that pretended to be possessed before St. Clou of Milan, 190. Of a Molinift and two Jansenists, 266. Sec. Of a Chymill with his Wise, 301. Advocates, French, not so eloquent as the ancient Ora-tors, and why, 199. They only plead upon barren Subjects, 197, 198. Are too great Slaves to Forms, Niceties, and to the Authority of Civilians, 19, 200. Are often mercenary, 202. Plead more Causes ia one Year, than Danostbtnes and Cicero did in all their Lives, -/ . Ia France their Fortune is mean, .but in England, they are capable of attaining to the greatest Honours, 201. Not so persect as the Preacheis, 202../i-...