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Side 20
... respect to the attaining of information also , as they had not the advantages of modern writers , where every public transaction is committed to the press , their labour and exertions are almost in- credible . Independant of his own ...
... respect to the attaining of information also , as they had not the advantages of modern writers , where every public transaction is committed to the press , their labour and exertions are almost in- credible . Independant of his own ...
Side 23
... respecting his credulity , I pay but little attention to it . It was necessary that a his- tory such as that of Herodotus , should include some fables , but no writer can be more guarded than he is . To give an idea of the genius and ...
... respecting his credulity , I pay but little attention to it . It was necessary that a his- tory such as that of Herodotus , should include some fables , but no writer can be more guarded than he is . To give an idea of the genius and ...
Side 24
... respecting the events of the Persian war , and many of the early transactions of the Grecks ; and I cannot persuade myself to believe that he would have acquired the vast reputation he obtained among his contemporaries , many of whom ...
... respecting the events of the Persian war , and many of the early transactions of the Grecks ; and I cannot persuade myself to believe that he would have acquired the vast reputation he obtained among his contemporaries , many of whom ...
Side 50
... respect to the charges against those distinguished pa- triots Russel , Sidney , the Duke of Shrewsbury , & c . yet I believe that Sir John's authorities are fairly quoted ; but let us remember on what evidence the charges ultimately ...
... respect to the charges against those distinguished pa- triots Russel , Sidney , the Duke of Shrewsbury , & c . yet I believe that Sir John's authorities are fairly quoted ; but let us remember on what evidence the charges ultimately ...
Side 52
... respecting Plutarch I suppose I stand alone . I shall have , I dare say , your dis- sent to encounter , as well as that of all young people , who are generally charmed with them ; and perhaps may incur the censure even of the learned ...
... respecting Plutarch I suppose I stand alone . I shall have , I dare say , your dis- sent to encounter , as well as that of all young people , who are generally charmed with them ; and perhaps may incur the censure even of the learned ...
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