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Side 14
... remark that public history properly so called may again be divided under two heads ; 1st . Those general histories which record the transactions of a nation from its rise to its fall ; and 2dly .. Those histories which treat of a ...
... remark that public history properly so called may again be divided under two heads ; 1st . Those general histories which record the transactions of a nation from its rise to its fall ; and 2dly .. Those histories which treat of a ...
Side 19
... remark of them all , that brief as they are , they are remarkable for exhibiting always a striking picture to the mind of the reader . They lose not the matter in general , but the principal ac- tors and characters are before our eyes ...
... remark of them all , that brief as they are , they are remarkable for exhibiting always a striking picture to the mind of the reader . They lose not the matter in general , but the principal ac- tors and characters are before our eyes ...
Side 29
... remark , and profound know- ledge of the human heart , that are conspicuous in his other works ; and altogether they would have formed a fine code of Roman history dur- ing one of the most interesting periods of the Republic , which ...
... remark , and profound know- ledge of the human heart , that are conspicuous in his other works ; and altogether they would have formed a fine code of Roman history dur- ing one of the most interesting periods of the Republic , which ...
Side 33
... remarks are keen and profound . General An- dreossi says of him- " The man who is called upon to defend his fellow soldiers , whose con duct is to influence the fate of his country , will acquire every information by studying Taci- tus ...
... remarks are keen and profound . General An- dreossi says of him- " The man who is called upon to defend his fellow soldiers , whose con duct is to influence the fate of his country , will acquire every information by studying Taci- tus ...
Side 52
... remark , in which he draws the line between the age of fable and that of history , made an impression on me when a boy , and has been useful to me ever since . In one opinion respecting Plutarch I suppose I stand alone . I shall have ...
... remark , in which he draws the line between the age of fable and that of history , made an impression on me when a boy , and has been useful to me ever since . In one opinion respecting Plutarch I suppose I stand alone . I shall have ...
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