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Side 17
... means to pursue , ge- nerally I conceive in the order of time . It will however facilitate the task , if he takes one au- thor for his basis , and makes his notes refer to others , either on the margin , or on a separate slip of paper ...
... means to pursue , ge- nerally I conceive in the order of time . It will however facilitate the task , if he takes one au- thor for his basis , and makes his notes refer to others , either on the margin , or on a separate slip of paper ...
Side 20
... means of rising in the estimation of his countrymen . History , therefore , when com-- mitted to writing by generals and statesmen thus accomplished , must necessarily be elegant- and rhetorical . Such were the works of Thuci- dydes ...
... means of rising in the estimation of his countrymen . History , therefore , when com-- mitted to writing by generals and statesmen thus accomplished , must necessarily be elegant- and rhetorical . Such were the works of Thuci- dydes ...
Side 34
... mean the learned , the manly , the much injured Buchanan . Whether we re- gard his clearness , his spirit , his love of free- dom , or his pure latinity , his history will de- serve to rank with some of the best that issued from the ...
... mean the learned , the manly , the much injured Buchanan . Whether we re- gard his clearness , his spirit , his love of free- dom , or his pure latinity , his history will de- serve to rank with some of the best that issued from the ...
Side 49
... mean by this to detract from its merit . As an original and au- thentic record , it is more valuable than if it had been studied . Whatever he gives upon his own knowledge bears the stamp of truth .; but it is not surprising that a ...
... mean by this to detract from its merit . As an original and au- thentic record , it is more valuable than if it had been studied . Whatever he gives upon his own knowledge bears the stamp of truth .; but it is not surprising that a ...
Side 58
... means of rescuing many valuable publications from obli- vion . We have long wanted a good general Bio- graphical Dictionary ; that deficiency is how- ever now in a great measure supplied by the new 58 BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICE .
... means of rescuing many valuable publications from obli- vion . We have long wanted a good general Bio- graphical Dictionary ; that deficiency is how- ever now in a great measure supplied by the new 58 BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICE .
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