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... its rise to its fall ; and 2dly .. Those histories which treat of a particular pe- riod or a particular event . Of the first class are those of Herodotus ( which may indeed be . regarded as a history of the world to his 14 HISTORY .
... its rise to its fall ; and 2dly .. Those histories which treat of a particular pe- riod or a particular event . Of the first class are those of Herodotus ( which may indeed be . regarded as a history of the world to his 14 HISTORY .
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory . regarded as a history of the world to his own time ) , Livy , Justin ( which is an abridgment of Trogus Pompeius , now lost ) Velleius Pater- culus , Eutropius , perhaps Tacitus ; and in mo- dern ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory . regarded as a history of the world to his own time ) , Livy , Justin ( which is an abridgment of Trogus Pompeius , now lost ) Velleius Pater- culus , Eutropius , perhaps Tacitus ; and in mo- dern ...
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... regarded , no- thing can be more interesting , pleasant , and entertaining . It afforded , undoubtedly , the model for Cæsar's Commentaries , but is a more interesting and finer composition . Xenophon never rises to the sublime , but is ...
... regarded , no- thing can be more interesting , pleasant , and entertaining . It afforded , undoubtedly , the model for Cæsar's Commentaries , but is a more interesting and finer composition . Xenophon never rises to the sublime , but is ...
Side 35
... regarded calumny as a duty , and he embraced the thankless side , the side of liberty . Clarendon is not to be considered as a gene- ral historian , since his subject is confined to the civil wars in the reign of Charles I. and II ...
... regarded calumny as a duty , and he embraced the thankless side , the side of liberty . Clarendon is not to be considered as a gene- ral historian , since his subject is confined to the civil wars in the reign of Charles I. and II ...
Side 49
... regarded as a different orthography . Bishop Burnet's " history of his own times " would have been properly termed memoirs . The composition is so loose , and occasionally so unconnected , and so many private transac◅ tions and ...
... regarded as a different orthography . Bishop Burnet's " history of his own times " would have been properly termed memoirs . The composition is so loose , and occasionally so unconnected , and so many private transac◅ tions and ...
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