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... important and striking ; to know where to be brief and where to be minute ; to distinguish the lights and the shades ; to see on what he ought to enlarge , and what he should cursorily pass over . It is exceedingly difficult to avoid a ...
... important and striking ; to know where to be brief and where to be minute ; to distinguish the lights and the shades ; to see on what he ought to enlarge , and what he should cursorily pass over . It is exceedingly difficult to avoid a ...
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... importance of the subject , the rise , fate , and fall of nations , and from its utility in affording the best instruction in poli-- tics , and the most interesting views of human nature , holds the first rank among narrative ...
... importance of the subject , the rise , fate , and fall of nations , and from its utility in affording the best instruction in poli-- tics , and the most interesting views of human nature , holds the first rank among narrative ...
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... ; yet the style should not be monotonous , but ani- mated , whenever the occasion is of sufficient importance . Historical writing as such , without reference to the poetical histories is very antient , for we HISTORY . 17.
... ; yet the style should not be monotonous , but ani- mated , whenever the occasion is of sufficient importance . Historical writing as such , without reference to the poetical histories is very antient , for we HISTORY . 17.
Side 18
... was in part at least compiled . Yet it cannot class under the character of a chronicle or annals , but is a regular , though brief , history of many ages and many important transactions . Some parts , and 18 HISTORY .
... was in part at least compiled . Yet it cannot class under the character of a chronicle or annals , but is a regular , though brief , history of many ages and many important transactions . Some parts , and 18 HISTORY .
Side 19
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. ages and many important transactions . Some parts , and particularly the history of Joseph , are incomparably beautiful , and there is no part deficient in spirit . Yet from the singular , and almost ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. ages and many important transactions . Some parts , and particularly the history of Joseph , are incomparably beautiful , and there is no part deficient in spirit . Yet from the singular , and almost ...
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