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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. characteristic and marking features of his mind . Sallust perhaps exceeds every author , antient or modern , in the delineation of character . His portrait of Catiline is alive in every part ; we do ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. characteristic and marking features of his mind . Sallust perhaps exceeds every author , antient or modern , in the delineation of character . His portrait of Catiline is alive in every part ; we do ...
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... mind , and compose in a great measure from his pre- conceived ideas , if he wishes to avoid the cha- racter of a mere copyist or transcriber . It is almost common - place to say , that the great requisites of history are truth , imparti ...
... mind , and compose in a great measure from his pre- conceived ideas , if he wishes to avoid the cha- racter of a mere copyist or transcriber . It is almost common - place to say , that the great requisites of history are truth , imparti ...
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... mind of the reader . They lose not the matter in general , but the principal ac- tors and characters are before our eyes . This is strongly exemplified in the transactions of Samuel with Eli , and afterwards with Saul . In the life of ...
... mind of the reader . They lose not the matter in general , but the principal ac- tors and characters are before our eyes . This is strongly exemplified in the transactions of Samuel with Eli , and afterwards with Saul . In the life of ...
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... mind of his reader , and renders him impatient to hear what event is next to occur . Simplicity is a remarkable character- istic of this work ; even the order of the words is little inverted , and this , with the pure 26 XENOPHON .
... mind of his reader , and renders him impatient to hear what event is next to occur . Simplicity is a remarkable character- istic of this work ; even the order of the words is little inverted , and this , with the pure 26 XENOPHON .
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... mind ; " Thine was the praise bright models to afford " To Cæsar's rival pen and rival sword , " & c . Xenophon was much studied by the Roman warriors , as affording the best instructions in the military art , and particularly by ...
... mind ; " Thine was the praise bright models to afford " To Cæsar's rival pen and rival sword , " & c . Xenophon was much studied by the Roman warriors , as affording the best instructions in the military art , and particularly by ...
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