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... appears more partial to this writer than to any of the other antient histo- rians ; he regards him as master of all the tac- tics of his time , and gives him not less credit for his correct description of all military opera- tions . His ...
... appears more partial to this writer than to any of the other antient histo- rians ; he regards him as master of all the tac- tics of his time , and gives him not less credit for his correct description of all military opera- tions . His ...
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... appear in his classical pages . He is sufficiently florid and fanciful to interest continually , and yet not so much as to tire or disgust . His ar- rangement is always luminous , his incidents well selected , and his story well told ...
... appear in his classical pages . He is sufficiently florid and fanciful to interest continually , and yet not so much as to tire or disgust . His ar- rangement is always luminous , his incidents well selected , and his story well told ...
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... appears to me as a narrative in- tended to support a theory , like the Emilius of Rousseau , of which it undoubtedly serves as the model The Ephesian Xenophon is the next who furnishes us with a specimen of this * Since writing the ...
... appears to me as a narrative in- tended to support a theory , like the Emilius of Rousseau , of which it undoubtedly serves as the model The Ephesian Xenophon is the next who furnishes us with a specimen of this * Since writing the ...
Side 71
... appearing in the latter characters , the candidates for the honour of representing Parson Adams have greatly out- numbered the cities which contended for the birth of Homer ; and in my youth there was scarcely a village in England that ...
... appearing in the latter characters , the candidates for the honour of representing Parson Adams have greatly out- numbered the cities which contended for the birth of Homer ; and in my youth there was scarcely a village in England that ...
Side 84
... appear to at least equal advantage in a different form . A modern author of great wit and fancy , as well as learning , has also pub- lished his critical researches , under the title of Esta pola , in dialogue ; but the wit and viva ...
... appear to at least equal advantage in a different form . A modern author of great wit and fancy , as well as learning , has also pub- lished his critical researches , under the title of Esta pola , in dialogue ; but the wit and viva ...
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