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Side 34
... least for the last century , have been English . 22 In the rapid survey which I am compelled to make of British historians , I shall pass over such works as Raleigh's History of the World , and Knolles's History of the Turks , as produc ...
... least for the last century , have been English . 22 In the rapid survey which I am compelled to make of British historians , I shall pass over such works as Raleigh's History of the World , and Knolles's History of the Turks , as produc ...
Side 38
... least interesting is the detail of domestic " When giddy and fantastic dreams abuse " A Hampden's virtue and a Shakspeare's muse . ” and private transactions , which display the re- spective characters 38 ROBERTSON .
... least interesting is the detail of domestic " When giddy and fantastic dreams abuse " A Hampden's virtue and a Shakspeare's muse . ” and private transactions , which display the re- spective characters 38 ROBERTSON .
Side 39
... , as striking as elegant . His America is the least valuable of his histories ; but the sub- ject was better known , and had been treated by other modern historians . With an imagination more vigorous , and a style more ROBERTSON . 39.
... , as striking as elegant . His America is the least valuable of his histories ; but the sub- ject was better known , and had been treated by other modern historians . With an imagination more vigorous , and a style more ROBERTSON . 39.
Side 56
... least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . " He was of an advanced age , and I was only yet a boy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt . He was a whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet ...
... least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice . " He was of an advanced age , and I was only yet a boy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt . He was a whig , with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet ...
Side 57
... least tell where to find . Such was his ampli- tude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some ad- vantage from his friendship . " At this man's ...
... least tell where to find . Such was his ampli- tude of learning , and such his copiousness of communication , that it may be doubted whether a day now passes in which I have not some ad- vantage from his friendship . " At this man's ...
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