Excerpt from The Elements of Universal Erudition, Vol. 3: Containing an Analytical Abridgment of the Sciences, Polite Arts, and Belles Lettres
II. We comprehend, therefore, under the term belles lettres, all thore infiruétive and pleafing fciences which occupy the memory and the judg ment, and do n0t make part, either of the fu perior fciences, of the polite arts, or of me chanie profeflions, To thefe we confecrate this third volume of the analylis of the feis emees yand we truit that we fmall not omit any of' them that ought naturally to be here included for we hope, that memory and judgment will ferve us as companions and guides in this long and difficult career.
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