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Side 18
... original memorial 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 ...
... original memorial 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 ...
Side 24
... original . Thucidydes is among those who have con- fined their history to a particular period and event . It comprehends the space , as I remem- ber of about twenty - seven years , and treats of the Peloponesian war , which happened in ...
... original . Thucidydes is among those who have con- fined their history to a particular period and event . It comprehends the space , as I remem- ber of about twenty - seven years , and treats of the Peloponesian war , which happened in ...
Side 36
... original , it being superseded in this country by the very slovenly translation of Tindal . General Andreossi , however , who ought to be a judge of the language , denies that he possesses any taste . He is too fond of in- serting the ...
... original , it being superseded in this country by the very slovenly translation of Tindal . General Andreossi , however , who ought to be a judge of the language , denies that he possesses any taste . He is too fond of in- serting the ...
Side 43
... original hardly warrants the trans- lation . A journal or diary is a narrative di- vided into still smaller portions , and which marks the occurrences of every day . This species of narrative demands a minute attention to the order of ...
... original hardly warrants the trans- lation . A journal or diary is a narrative di- vided into still smaller portions , and which marks the occurrences of every day . This species of narrative demands a minute attention to the order of ...
Side 49
... 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 writer who nar rates all he hears should be ...
... 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 writer who nar rates all he hears should be ...
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