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... which may be freely employed is the metaphor . But even metaphors , when introduced , should be casy and natural , for recondite or remote allusions perplex the mind , and withdraw the attention from the NARRATION . 5.
... which may be freely employed is the metaphor . But even metaphors , when introduced , should be casy and natural , for recondite or remote allusions perplex the mind , and withdraw the attention from the NARRATION . 5.
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. perplex the mind , and withdraw the attention from the subject . They must not be common- place neither , for nothing renders a style so frigid as common - place ornaments . But after all , on this as ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. perplex the mind , and withdraw the attention from the subject . They must not be common- place neither , for nothing renders a style so frigid as common - place ornaments . But after all , on this as ...
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... attention to it . It was necessary that a his- tory such as that of Herodotus , should include some fables , but no writer can be more guarded than he is . To give an idea of the genius and character of the particular people whom he ...
... attention to it . It was necessary that a his- tory such as that of Herodotus , should include some fables , but no writer can be more guarded than he is . To give an idea of the genius and character of the particular people whom he ...
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... is thine : " But o'er thy style the slighted graces pine , " And tir'd attention toils thro ' many a maze , To reach the purport of thy doubtful phrase . " We cannot sufficiently deplore the loss of Sallust's Roman History 28 POLYBIUS .
... is thine : " But o'er thy style the slighted graces pine , " And tir'd attention toils thro ' many a maze , To reach the purport of thy doubtful phrase . " We cannot sufficiently deplore the loss of Sallust's Roman History 28 POLYBIUS .
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... attention to a few who ought to be studied as models ; to give a sort of history of history . I shall therefore pass to those of our own country , for I cannot help subscribing to the honest and impartial testi- mony of General ...
... attention to a few who ought to be studied as models ; to give a sort of history of history . I shall therefore pass to those of our own country , for I cannot help subscribing to the honest and impartial testi- mony of General ...
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