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... passions , whether in the shape of letters , pamph- lets , or speeches , almost every period of litera- ture has produced more good orators than good narrators . The number of good historians in any lan- guage is very limited . There ...
... passions , whether in the shape of letters , pamph- lets , or speeches , almost every period of litera- ture has produced more good orators than good narrators . The number of good historians in any lan- guage is very limited . There ...
Side 2
... passion , or the ardour of con- troversy , which in narrative is seldom the case . I know not whether I shall express myself clearly or not ; but I feel that , in didactic or argumentative discourses , the words arrange themselves more ...
... passion , or the ardour of con- troversy , which in narrative is seldom the case . I know not whether I shall express myself clearly or not ; but I feel that , in didactic or argumentative discourses , the words arrange themselves more ...
Side 8
... edu- cation ; the passions for which he has been most remarkable , the studies in which he has been most eminent , and thus proceed to the characteristic and marking features of his mind . Sallust perhaps 8 . NARRATION .
... edu- cation ; the passions for which he has been most remarkable , the studies in which he has been most eminent , and thus proceed to the characteristic and marking features of his mind . Sallust perhaps 8 . NARRATION .
Side 27
... passions there by soft contention please , " The love of martial fame , and learned ease , " Those friendly colours exquisitely join'd " To form th ' enchanting picture of thy mind ; " Thine was the praise bright models to afford " To ...
... passions there by soft contention please , " The love of martial fame , and learned ease , " Those friendly colours exquisitely join'd " To form th ' enchanting picture of thy mind ; " Thine was the praise bright models to afford " To ...
Side 83
... passion lately prevailed for inspect- ing the private correspondence of every person who had attained either rank or fame . Now the private correspondence of any man , upon ordinary subjects , can afford but little interest . I confess ...
... passion lately prevailed for inspect- ing the private correspondence of every person who had attained either rank or fame . Now the private correspondence of any man , upon ordinary subjects , can afford but little interest . I confess ...
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