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Side 21
... writing history who had not travelled . I al- lude to a speech of Messenio to Menechmus , advising him to return home " Quin nos hinc domum redimus , nisi historiam scrip- " turi sumus . " * Of the antient Greek historians I need ...
... writing history who had not travelled . I al- lude to a speech of Messenio to Menechmus , advising him to return home " Quin nos hinc domum redimus , nisi historiam scrip- " turi sumus . " * Of the antient Greek historians I need ...
Side 22
... writing , for several had preceded him ; but as an expres- sion of excellence , such as he assumed himself in the title of " Pater Patriæ , " for having ex- tinguished the conspiracy of Catiline . The history of Herodotus is in truth a ...
... writing , for several had preceded him ; but as an expres- sion of excellence , such as he assumed himself in the title of " Pater Patriæ , " for having ex- tinguished the conspiracy of Catiline . The history of Herodotus is in truth a ...
Side 23
... written by those who have followed con- temporary authors who were envious of his fame , respecting his credulity , I pay but little attention to it . It was necessary that a his- tory such as that of Herodotus , should include some ...
... written by those who have followed con- temporary authors who were envious of his fame , respecting his credulity , I pay but little attention to it . It was necessary that a his- tory such as that of Herodotus , should include some ...
Side 30
... written in a style of grand and flowing , perhaps unequal eloquence . His descriptions , that of the battle of Cannæ for in- stance , are bold and striking . Yet I confess Livy , with all these excellencies , is no favourite of mine ...
... written in a style of grand and flowing , perhaps unequal eloquence . His descriptions , that of the battle of Cannæ for in- stance , are bold and striking . Yet I confess Livy , with all these excellencies , is no favourite of mine ...
Side 32
... writing , in some degree , in the style of the author he read last . One ill effect , however , attends the tribe of imitators ... written first , though there is every reason to believe that he meant the whole to form a connected chain ...
... writing , in some degree , in the style of the author he read last . One ill effect , however , attends the tribe of imitators ... written first , though there is every reason to believe that he meant the whole to form a connected chain ...
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