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... , even in prose , bear in some measure the characters of poetry . The scripture histories , though brief , are al- most poetical . Whether they were originally composed in metre or not , our ignorance of the HISTORY 13.
... , even in prose , bear in some measure the characters of poetry . The scripture histories , though brief , are al- most poetical . Whether they were originally composed in metre or not , our ignorance of the HISTORY 13.
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... the style should not be monotonous , but ani- mated , whenever the occasion is of sufficient importance . Historical writing as such , without reference to the poetical histories is very antient , for we HISTORY . 17.
... the style should not be monotonous , but ani- mated , whenever the occasion is of sufficient importance . Historical writing as such , without reference to the poetical histories is very antient , for we HISTORY . 17.
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. to the poetical histories is very antient , for we may regard the Pentateuch of Moses as the first history . From well authenticated tradition , and from the best of evidence , we are fully au ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. to the poetical histories is very antient , for we may regard the Pentateuch of Moses as the first history . From well authenticated tradition , and from the best of evidence , we are fully au ...
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... poetical , and actually set ( as we should call it in modern language , perhaps composed ) to music . Greece for successive ages was pos- sessed of no records but the poetic . The laws themselves were metrical , as Aristotle proves by ...
... poetical , and actually set ( as we should call it in modern language , perhaps composed ) to music . Greece for successive ages was pos- sessed of no records but the poetic . The laws themselves were metrical , as Aristotle proves by ...
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... poetical ma- chinery . The very poverty of language at this early period , aided by the vividness of an ima- gination that had none of the polished haunts of men to dwell in , and nothing but the soli- tude of woods and groves in which ...
... poetical ma- chinery . The very poverty of language at this early period , aided by the vividness of an ima- gination that had none of the polished haunts of men to dwell in , and nothing but the soli- tude of woods and groves in which ...
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