Henry H. Breen.
St. Lucia.
Prelate quoted in Procopius.—In the 25th note (a), chap. xl., of Gibbon's Decline and Fall, there is a quotation from Procopius. Can any of your readers conjecture who is meant by the "learned prelate now deceased," who was fond of quoting the said passage.
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The Alibenistic Order of Freemasons.—Can any of your readers, masonic or otherwise, inform me what is meant by this order of Freemasons? The work of Henry O'Brien of the Round Towers of Ireland is dedicated to them, and in his preface they are much eulogised.
H. W. D.
Saying respecting Ancient History.—In Niebuhr's Lectures on Ancient History, vol. i. p 355., I find—
"An ingenious man once said, 'It is thought that at length people will come to read ancient history as if it had really happened,' a remark which is really excellent."
Who was this "ingenious man"?
J. P.