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Side 4
... less dull and tedious than the person who transcribes every circum- stance from a note book ; and the fancy will have a more unbounded range , and be able to throw in more of ornament and eloquence . As in the style of narrative ...
... less dull and tedious than the person who transcribes every circum- stance from a note book ; and the fancy will have a more unbounded range , and be able to throw in more of ornament and eloquence . As in the style of narrative ...
Side 11
... less gene- ral , than that which I have inserted above . History , from the 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 ...
... less gene- ral , than that which I have inserted above . History , from the 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 ...
Side 14
... less laborious effort .. You will think I shall never have done with ; divisions and classifications ; for I must remark that public history properly so called may again be divided under two heads ; 1st . Those general histories which ...
... less laborious effort .. You will think I shall never have done with ; divisions and classifications ; for I must remark that public history properly so called may again be divided under two heads ; 1st . Those general histories which ...
Side 22
... less an authority than Cicero , not , we may reasonably suppose , as the first person who ever engaged in that line of writing , for several had preceded him ; but as an expres- sion of excellence , such as he assumed himself in the ...
... less an authority than Cicero , not , we may reasonably suppose , as the first person who ever engaged in that line of writing , for several had preceded him ; but as an expres- sion of excellence , such as he assumed himself in the ...
Side 23
... less a geographer than an historian ; but his great excellence lies in detailing the manners and customs of the dif- ferent nations . As to the nonsense which has been written by those who have followed con- temporary authors who were ...
... less a geographer than an historian ; but his great excellence lies in detailing the manners and customs of the dif- ferent nations . As to the nonsense which has been written by those who have followed con- temporary authors who were ...
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