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Side 7
... kind of narra- tion examine the style of Robertson , Hume , Gibbon , Goldsmith , * and Dr. Hawkesworth's Voyages ; for the lighter and more familiar kinds , the short narratives in the Spectator , especially those of Mr. Addison ; some ...
... kind of narra- tion examine the style of Robertson , Hume , Gibbon , Goldsmith , * and Dr. Hawkesworth's Voyages ; for the lighter and more familiar kinds , the short narratives in the Spectator , especially those of Mr. Addison ; some ...
Side 36
... 'd the historian's trust , " Unsway'd by party , and to freedom just . " We had , however , scarcely any work of the historical kind in our language , which deserves : the name of elegant , till the present times . 36 RAPIN .
... 'd the historian's trust , " Unsway'd by party , and to freedom just . " We had , however , scarcely any work of the historical kind in our language , which deserves : the name of elegant , till the present times . 36 RAPIN .
Side 46
... most famous extant are those of Cæsar , containing the particulars of his wars in Gaul and Britain . A more perfect model of this kind of writing cannot be mentioned . The style is clear and simple , yet sweet and 46 MEMOIRS .
... most famous extant are those of Cæsar , containing the particulars of his wars in Gaul and Britain . A more perfect model of this kind of writing cannot be mentioned . The style is clear and simple , yet sweet and 46 MEMOIRS .
Side 48
... kind have been published in France than in any other country , many of them under the title " Memoirs pour servir a l'Histoire , " & c . Among a vast class of publications of this description , the Memoirs of de Retz , and of the Duc de ...
... kind have been published in France than in any other country , many of them under the title " Memoirs pour servir a l'Histoire , " & c . Among a vast class of publications of this description , the Memoirs of de Retz , and of the Duc de ...
Side 61
... kind will be so different from the reality , that no spectator could possibly recognize it by what he had read . Descriptions of this kind ought therefore to be short and striking ; the writer selecting only a few of the prominent ...
... kind will be so different from the reality , that no spectator could possibly recognize it by what he had read . Descriptions of this kind ought therefore to be short and striking ; the writer selecting only a few of the prominent ...
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