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... practice as the use of topics , or communes loci , yet every person who has to de- scribe should have always something of a ge- * The History of England , in a series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son , is an admirable specimen of ...
... practice as the use of topics , or communes loci , yet every person who has to de- scribe should have always something of a ge- * The History of England , in a series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son , is an admirable specimen of ...
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... practice of Mr Gibbon . At all events , however , the historian before he begins must have a complete view of his subject in his mind , and compose in a great measure from his pre- conceived ideas , if he wishes to avoid the cha- racter ...
... practice of Mr Gibbon . At all events , however , the historian before he begins must have a complete view of his subject in his mind , and compose in a great measure from his pre- conceived ideas , if he wishes to avoid the cha- racter ...
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... practice of his own time with that of the Sci- pio's . " As you have seen the dark side of the ques- tion , however , it is but just to lay before you the opinion of a critic more favourable to Livy- " In bright pre - eminence that ...
... practice of his own time with that of the Sci- pio's . " As you have seen the dark side of the ques- tion , however , it is but just to lay before you the opinion of a critic more favourable to Livy- " In bright pre - eminence that ...
Side 32
... practice , will almost come of course , if he writes from himself , and is not content to be a servile imitator of others . I once knew a person who , from habits of imi- tation , could not avoid at length writing , in some degree , in ...
... practice , will almost come of course , if he writes from himself , and is not content to be a servile imitator of others . I once knew a person who , from habits of imi- tation , could not avoid at length writing , in some degree , in ...
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... practice was borrowed from the Goths or Arabs is uncertain . " But though the first ballads might have for their subjects tales , or simple narratives , such as Chevy Chace , the Children in the Wood , & c . , yet we find the term was ...
... practice was borrowed from the Goths or Arabs is uncertain . " But though the first ballads might have for their subjects tales , or simple narratives , such as Chevy Chace , the Children in the Wood , & c . , yet we find the term was ...
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