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... lines from which the 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 ...
... lines from which the 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 ...
Side 22
... line of writing , for several had preceded him ; but as an expres- sion of excellence , such as he assumed himself in the title of " Pater Patriæ , " for having ex- tinguished the conspiracy of Catiline . The history of Herodotus is in ...
... line of writing , for several had preceded him ; but as an expres- sion of excellence , such as he assumed himself in the title of " Pater Patriæ , " for having ex- tinguished the conspiracy of Catiline . The history of Herodotus is in ...
Side 25
... line unfolds the deep debate , " " Explores the seeds of war ; with matchless force " Draws discord springing from ambition's source , " With all her demagogues who murder peace , " In the fierce struggles of contentious Greece ...
... line unfolds the deep debate , " " Explores the seeds of war ; with matchless force " Draws discord springing from ambition's source , " With all her demagogues who murder peace , " In the fierce struggles of contentious Greece ...
Side 33
... lines on the Princess Anna Comnena , and on De Thou , as well as on Guicciardini and Davila . De Thou I have read in part , but found him dry and tedious , though he occasionally draws " a character in a striking manner . It was c 5 ...
... lines on the Princess Anna Comnena , and on De Thou , as well as on Guicciardini and Davila . De Thou I have read in part , but found him dry and tedious , though he occasionally draws " a character in a striking manner . It was c 5 ...
Side 41
... lines on Cowley , taking wit , as it was then generally used , for genius or fancy— " Pardon great writer , that I dare to name " Th ' unnumber'd beauties of thy page with blame ; Thy only fault was wit in its excess ; 44 " But wit like ...
... lines on Cowley , taking wit , as it was then generally used , for genius or fancy— " Pardon great writer , that I dare to name " Th ' unnumber'd beauties of thy page with blame ; Thy only fault was wit in its excess ; 44 " But wit like ...
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