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... tion through the whole . The difficulties which I have now enumerated -will in some measure anticipate the rules for narrative composition ; if indeed any rules can be laid down for governing the fancy , and di- recting the taste ...
... tion through the whole . The difficulties which I have now enumerated -will in some measure anticipate the rules for narrative composition ; if indeed any rules can be laid down for governing the fancy , and di- recting the taste ...
Side 7
... tion examine the style of Robertson , Hume , Gibbon , Goldsmith , * and Dr. Hawkesworth's Voyages ; for the lighter and more familiar kinds , the short narratives in the Spectator , especially those of Mr. Addison ; some of a si- milar ...
... tion examine the style of Robertson , Hume , Gibbon , Goldsmith , * and Dr. Hawkesworth's Voyages ; for the lighter and more familiar kinds , the short narratives in the Spectator , especially those of Mr. Addison ; some of a si- milar ...
Side 9
... tion . There is an excellent description of the presages of a thunder storm in Beccaria , which I have copied in the Economy of Nature .. The moving pillars of sand in the desart , as de- scribed by Mr. Bruce , in his Travels , must in ...
... tion . There is an excellent description of the presages of a thunder storm in Beccaria , which I have copied in the Economy of Nature .. The moving pillars of sand in the desart , as de- scribed by Mr. Bruce , in his Travels , must in ...
Side 20
... 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 observa- tion , Thucidydes 20 HISTORY .
... 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 observa- tion , Thucidydes 20 HISTORY .
Side 21
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. credible . Independant of his own observa- tion , Thucidydes , we are assured , expended large sums of money to obtain correct informa- tion . Polybius travelled over most of the coun- tries which ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. credible . Independant of his own observa- tion , Thucidydes , we are assured , expended large sums of money to obtain correct informa- tion . Polybius travelled over most of the coun- tries which ...
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