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... writer composes not under the influence of passion , or the ardour of con- troversy , which in narrative is seldom the case . I know not whether I shall express myself clearly or not ; but I feel that , in didactic or argumentative ...
... writer composes not under the influence of passion , or the ardour of con- troversy , which in narrative is seldom the case . I know not whether I shall express myself clearly or not ; but I feel that , in didactic or argumentative ...
Side 3
... writer scarcely knows where to stop , or how to round a sentence , which may perhaps be in part the reason for the long periods of Claren- don , and some other historians . It is difficult too to draw the picture ; for narrative is a ...
... writer scarcely knows where to stop , or how to round a sentence , which may perhaps be in part the reason for the long periods of Claren- don , and some other historians . It is difficult too to draw the picture ; for narrative is a ...
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... writers in this , as well as in every other department , will effect infinitely more than any abstract rules or observations whatever . Read carefully the most approved narrators ; mark their manner of bringing events and circumstances ...
... writers in this , as well as in every other department , will effect infinitely more than any abstract rules or observations whatever . Read carefully the most approved narrators ; mark their manner of bringing events and circumstances ...
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... writer who records a particular event or a particular period , has the easier , and the pleasanter task . He may adopt a perfect unity of design , may arrange his sub- ject to the best advantage , may dramatize it , if I may use the ...
... writer who records a particular event or a particular period , has the easier , and the pleasanter task . He may adopt a perfect unity of design , may arrange his sub- ject to the best advantage , may dramatize it , if I may use the ...
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... writer to stop at all ? His history is indeed not that of a particular dy ... nasty , scarcely that of a particular nation , but of many . But whether we regard it as one or several histories , our only regret is , that instead of ...
... writer to stop at all ? His history is indeed not that of a particular dy ... nasty , scarcely that of a particular nation , but of many . But whether we regard it as one or several histories , our only regret is , that instead of ...
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