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... . The number of good historians in any lan- guage is very limited . There are but few books of travels which are so interesting that we would VOL . II . B wish to read them a second time ; and even VOL LETTER Narration -Description Page.
... . The number of good historians in any lan- guage is very limited . There are but few books of travels which are so interesting that we would VOL . II . B wish to read them a second time ; and even VOL LETTER Narration -Description Page.
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... interesting views of human nature , holds the first rank among narrative compositions . Voyages and travels may be considered as the next in consequence ; and to those fictitious narratives , composed chiefly for entertainment , under ...
... interesting views of human nature , holds the first rank among narrative compositions . Voyages and travels may be considered as the next in consequence ; and to those fictitious narratives , composed chiefly for entertainment , under ...
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... interesting writer ; and I think his style a model of sweetness and simplicity . There is a translation in our lan- guage by Mr. Beloe , which possesses all the simplicity of the original . Thucidydes is among those who have con- fined ...
... interesting writer ; and I think his style a model of sweetness and simplicity . There is a translation in our lan- guage by Mr. Beloe , which possesses all the simplicity of the original . Thucidydes is among those who have con- fined ...
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... interesting , pleasant , and entertaining . It afforded , undoubtedly , the model for Cæsar's Commentaries , but is a more interesting and finer composition . Xenophon never rises to the sublime , but is always chaste , correct ...
... interesting , pleasant , and entertaining . It afforded , undoubtedly , the model for Cæsar's Commentaries , but is a more interesting and finer composition . Xenophon never rises to the sublime , but is always chaste , correct ...
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... interesting periods of the Republic , which indeed it is probable the au- thor intended . The style of Sallust is concise , nervous , and sententious . He was accused by his contemporaries of the affectation of using obsolete words and ...
... interesting periods of the Republic , which indeed it is probable the au- thor intended . The style of Sallust is concise , nervous , and sententious . He was accused by his contemporaries of the affectation of using obsolete words and ...
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