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... scarcely knows where to stop , or how to round a sentence , which may perhaps be in part the reason for the long periods of Claren- don , and some other historians . It is difficult too to draw the picture ; for narrative is a pic- ture ...
... scarcely knows where to stop , or how to round a sentence , which may perhaps be in part the reason for the long periods of Claren- don , and some other historians . It is difficult too to draw the picture ; for narrative is a pic- ture ...
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... scarcely perhaps a less laborious effort .. You will think I shall never have done with ; divisions and classifications ; for I must remark that public history properly so called may again be divided under two heads ; 1st . Those ...
... scarcely perhaps a less laborious effort .. You will think I shall never have done with ; divisions and classifications ; for I must remark that public history properly so called may again be divided under two heads ; 1st . Those ...
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... scarcely that of a particular nation , but of many . But whether we regard it as one or several histories , our only regret is , that instead of having written so much he did not write- more , or that he should have left a subject un ...
... scarcely that of a particular nation , but of many . But whether we regard it as one or several histories , our only regret is , that instead of having written so much he did not write- more , or that he should have left a subject un ...
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... scarcely an object of criticism in this age of literature . The other parts of sacred history , particu- larly the Books of Samuel , of Kings , and Chro- nicles , belong rather to the class of annals , than of general history . One ...
... scarcely an object of criticism in this age of literature . The other parts of sacred history , particu- larly the Books of Samuel , of Kings , and Chro- nicles , belong rather to the class of annals , than of general history . One ...
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... scarcely tell you that the most celebrated are Herodotus , Thucidydes , and Xenophon . I cannot better introduce the first of these to your notice than in the beautiful language of Mr. Hayley , whose Essay on History deserves to be read ...
... scarcely tell you that the most celebrated are Herodotus , Thucidydes , and Xenophon . I cannot better introduce the first of these to your notice than in the beautiful language of Mr. Hayley , whose Essay on History deserves to be read ...
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