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An Historical Essay On Longevity.

Moses lived to the age ofizo , but it is remarkable that ) je makes a comp laint that the age of man was but three-score years and ten , or , at most , four-score years . The warlike Joshua lived to be no . Eli , the hig h priest , was only 90 at his death , but Elisha lived to be much above 100 . In the latter period of the Jewish church , we find Simeon , a man full of hope

and confidence , distinguished by a life of 90 years . Among the Greeks we meet with several instances of longevity—The * sage Solon arrived to the age of 80 . Epimenides is said to have lived 1 . 57 years . Anacreon , though an intemperate man , was . choaked atthe age of 80 . to which period lived also Sophocles and Pindar . Gorgias , the orator of Leontium , prolonged his days to the Isocrates

term of 108 years . Protagoras , of Abdera , to 90 ; and lived 9 8 . Democritus , the pleasant philosopher , lived iogyearsj and the churlish Diogenes 90 . Zeno , the founder of the ' Stoics , arrived to the age of 100 ; but Plato only to that of 8 r . Pythagoras ^ who was remarkably abstemious , lived to be very old . ' He was wont to divide the life of man into four equal . parts . From the first to the

age of twenty , ' he called him but a man begun ; from forty to sixty a man ; from thence' to eighty , an old or declining man ;' after v . hich he accounted him as dead , let him live as long as he would .. Among the Romans we may reckon the following : —M . Valerius Corvinus , a very valiant , man , and exceedingly popular , was above the age of 100 . Orbilius , first a soldier and then a severe '

schoolmaster , attained to the same age . Fabius and Cato were both above 90 years old when they died . We have , moreover , remarkable instances of longevity among the Roman ladies . Terentia , the ' wife of Cicero , lived to the age of 103 . It is singular that several of the Roman actresses attained to a very old age . One Luceia , who entered on the theatre very young , performed a whole century , and made a public appearance atthe age of 112 . Galeria Copiolaan

, actress and dancer , was 90 when she first performed , and she afterwards was broughtforvvards as a prodigy , for the purpose of complimenting Pompey . But even this was not the last time of her acting , for she appeared once more to shew respect to Augustus . In the Census , as preserved by Pliny , we find , that on numbering the peole in the 7 6 th year of the Christian ariathere were living in that

p , part of Italy which lies between the Appenines and the Po , only 12 { . men who had attained to the age cf 100 years and upwards , viz . fiftyfour of 100 , fifty-seven of no , two of 125 , four of 130 , four of from 135 to 137 , and three of 140 . Besides these , there were in Parma five men , three of whom were 120 , and two 130 ; in Placentia , one of 130 ; at Faventia , a woman of 132 ; and in Villejacium , a small

town near Placentia , there were ten persons , six of whom had attained the age of 110 , and four to that of 120 . By Ulpian ' s bills of mortality it appears , that we might , with great justness , compare Romwto London , in respect to the probability of the duration of life . Consequently . , we have every reasonable VOL X ' £

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LONDON: Article 3
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 4
PREFACE TO VOLUME THE TENTH. Article 5
REFLECTIONS ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR M,DCC,XCVIII. Article 7
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. Article 10
A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF THE YEAR 1797. Article 13
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PROVERBS AND APOTHEGMS, Article 16
ON THE INVASION. Article 17
COMPARISON BETIVEEN THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 19
DESCRIPTION OF CANADA. Article 21
FURTHER MEMOIR OF JOHN WILKES. Article 24
ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND SEIGNOR, SULTAN SELIM III. Article 30
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SYMBOLIC MASONRY. Article 41
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 42
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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 55
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An Historical Essay On Longevity.

Moses lived to the age ofizo , but it is remarkable that ) je makes a comp laint that the age of man was but three-score years and ten , or , at most , four-score years . The warlike Joshua lived to be no . Eli , the hig h priest , was only 90 at his death , but Elisha lived to be much above 100 . In the latter period of the Jewish church , we find Simeon , a man full of hope

and confidence , distinguished by a life of 90 years . Among the Greeks we meet with several instances of longevity—The * sage Solon arrived to the age of 80 . Epimenides is said to have lived 1 . 57 years . Anacreon , though an intemperate man , was . choaked atthe age of 80 . to which period lived also Sophocles and Pindar . Gorgias , the orator of Leontium , prolonged his days to the Isocrates

term of 108 years . Protagoras , of Abdera , to 90 ; and lived 9 8 . Democritus , the pleasant philosopher , lived iogyearsj and the churlish Diogenes 90 . Zeno , the founder of the ' Stoics , arrived to the age of 100 ; but Plato only to that of 8 r . Pythagoras ^ who was remarkably abstemious , lived to be very old . ' He was wont to divide the life of man into four equal . parts . From the first to the

age of twenty , ' he called him but a man begun ; from forty to sixty a man ; from thence' to eighty , an old or declining man ;' after v . hich he accounted him as dead , let him live as long as he would .. Among the Romans we may reckon the following : —M . Valerius Corvinus , a very valiant , man , and exceedingly popular , was above the age of 100 . Orbilius , first a soldier and then a severe '

schoolmaster , attained to the same age . Fabius and Cato were both above 90 years old when they died . We have , moreover , remarkable instances of longevity among the Roman ladies . Terentia , the ' wife of Cicero , lived to the age of 103 . It is singular that several of the Roman actresses attained to a very old age . One Luceia , who entered on the theatre very young , performed a whole century , and made a public appearance atthe age of 112 . Galeria Copiolaan

, actress and dancer , was 90 when she first performed , and she afterwards was broughtforvvards as a prodigy , for the purpose of complimenting Pompey . But even this was not the last time of her acting , for she appeared once more to shew respect to Augustus . In the Census , as preserved by Pliny , we find , that on numbering the peole in the 7 6 th year of the Christian ariathere were living in that

p , part of Italy which lies between the Appenines and the Po , only 12 { . men who had attained to the age cf 100 years and upwards , viz . fiftyfour of 100 , fifty-seven of no , two of 125 , four of 130 , four of from 135 to 137 , and three of 140 . Besides these , there were in Parma five men , three of whom were 120 , and two 130 ; in Placentia , one of 130 ; at Faventia , a woman of 132 ; and in Villejacium , a small

town near Placentia , there were ten persons , six of whom had attained the age of 110 , and four to that of 120 . By Ulpian ' s bills of mortality it appears , that we might , with great justness , compare Romwto London , in respect to the probability of the duration of life . Consequently . , we have every reasonable VOL X ' £

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