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Side 3
... of the sub- ject in his mind , at least to a given period . He should see it as a picture or a drama before his eyes , previous to his beginning to compose . If he has this view of the subject before him , B2 NARRATION .
... of the sub- ject in his mind , at least to a given period . He should see it as a picture or a drama before his eyes , previous to his beginning to compose . If he has this view of the subject before him , B2 NARRATION .
Side 4
... least to a cer- tain extent as to the order of time ) will enable -an author to write with vivacity , and to interest his readers , for he will describe within a shorter compass , and in a manner less dull and tedious than the person ...
... least to a cer- tain extent as to the order of time ) will enable -an author to write with vivacity , and to interest his readers , for he will describe within a shorter compass , and in a manner less dull and tedious than the person ...
Side 18
... narrative 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 .
... narrative 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 26
... least , for a considerable pe- riod . " The Anabasis , or retreat of the ten thousand , " would by many be placed among the commentaries , memoirs , chronicles and an- nals ; and his Cyropædia must , I think , be re- garded as a ...
... least , for a considerable pe- riod . " The Anabasis , or retreat of the ten thousand , " would by many be placed among the commentaries , memoirs , chronicles and an- nals ; and his Cyropædia must , I think , be re- garded as a ...
Side 29
... least affords a model for all future historians . Gene- ral Andreossi seems to approve much of his military descriptions , particularly in his his- tory of the Jugurthine war ; but the General makes an observation , which , if I ...
... least affords a model for all future historians . Gene- ral Andreossi seems to approve much of his military descriptions , particularly in his his- tory of the Jugurthine war ; but the General makes an observation , which , if I ...
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