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Side 36
... discharg'd the historian's trust , " Unsway'd by party , and to freedom just . " We had , however , scarcely any work of the historical kind in our language , which deserves : the name of elegant , till the present times . 36 RAPIN .
... discharg'd the historian's trust , " Unsway'd by party , and to freedom just . " We had , however , scarcely any work of the historical kind in our language , which deserves : the name of elegant , till the present times . 36 RAPIN .
Side 50
... scarcely less culpable , entitled his history " Memoirs . " This is an excellent , and on the whole a well written work . It con- tains some of the best and most judicious poli- tical observations that are any where to be found . Though ...
... scarcely less culpable , entitled his history " Memoirs . " This is an excellent , and on the whole a well written work . It con- tains some of the best and most judicious poli- tical observations that are any where to be found . Though ...
Side 54
... scarcely suspect the author to have been a pro- fessed rhetorician . The style is homely and abrupt , almost destitute of harmony , and de- formed by Greek quotations . For his facts he should be read by all ; for his manner of re ...
... scarcely suspect the author to have been a pro- fessed rhetorician . The style is homely and abrupt , almost destitute of harmony , and de- formed by Greek quotations . For his facts he should be read by all ; for his manner of re ...
Side 61
... scarcely be drawn in words , so as to ex- press a real likeness . A traveller will be te- dious if he describes every thing he sees ; se- lection is as much his duty as that of the his- torian . All the errors to which I have alluded ...
... scarcely be drawn in words , so as to ex- press a real likeness . A traveller will be te- dious if he describes every thing he sees ; se- lection is as much his duty as that of the his- torian . All the errors to which I have alluded ...
Side 66
... scarcely any rules can be established , and in this respect even Aristotle's poetics have done more harm than good , particularly in the rules which he pretends to prescribe for dramatic poetry . So 66 FICTITIOUS NARRATIVE .
... scarcely any rules can be established , and in this respect even Aristotle's poetics have done more harm than good , particularly in the rules which he pretends to prescribe for dramatic poetry . So 66 FICTITIOUS NARRATIVE .
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