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ESSAY
ON
THE SACRED FIRE
AND
ON THE VESTAL VIRGINS.
I OWE ALL MY RENOWN TO MYSELF ALONE.
original: "JE N'EN DOIS QU'A MOI SEULE TOUTE MA RENOMMÉE." This is a quote from Pierre Corneille's 'Le Cid', here used by the female author to assert her intellectual independence.
AT AMSTERDAM,
And found in Paris,
At the shop of Le JAY, Bookseller, Quai de Gêvres,
at the Sign of the Great Corneille.
1768.
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