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Side 27
... he will find it difficult to decide whether the glory of the retreat , or the merit of the narrator are most deserving of unqualified admiration . " I am uncertain whether Polybius ought to be accounted a c 2 XENOPHON . 27.
... he will find it difficult to decide whether the glory of the retreat , or the merit of the narrator are most deserving of unqualified admiration . " I am uncertain whether Polybius ought to be accounted a c 2 XENOPHON . 27.
Side 29
... admiration . He particularly excelled in the delineation of character , and in this at least affords a model for all future historians . Gene- ral Andreossi seems to approve much of his military descriptions , particularly in his his ...
... admiration . He particularly excelled in the delineation of character , and in this at least affords a model for all future historians . Gene- ral Andreossi seems to approve much of his military descriptions , particularly in his his ...
Side 54
... admired by no person of true taste . Tacitus's Life of Agricola cannot be raised by any commendation . The moderns have excelled the antients in biography . There are many excellent pieces of biography in French : among these I do not ...
... admired by no person of true taste . Tacitus's Life of Agricola cannot be raised by any commendation . The moderns have excelled the antients in biography . There are many excellent pieces of biography in French : among these I do not ...
Side 66
... admired narrative of Col. Stedman , never fails to interest and amuse . There is one species of narrative which re- mains to be noticed . It might be classed as a kind of biography , but it is properly a work of imagination , I mean ...
... admired narrative of Col. Stedman , never fails to interest and amuse . There is one species of narrative which re- mains to be noticed . It might be classed as a kind of biography , but it is properly a work of imagination , I mean ...
Side 70
... admired to require either commendation or criticism . Of the novels of Mr. Richardson I have little knowledge . They were too full of trite senti- ment , and too tedious , to engage my attention in my youth , and I have not since ...
... admired to require either commendation or criticism . Of the novels of Mr. Richardson I have little knowledge . They were too full of trite senti- ment , and too tedious , to engage my attention in my youth , and I have not since ...
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