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The former has been the object of the greater part of historians ; and their aim of
instruction has seldom gone farther than to illustrate some moral precept , and to
improve the heart by exhibiting bright and illustrious examples of virtue .
The former has been the object of the greater part of historians ; and their aim of
instruction has seldom gone farther than to illustrate some moral precept , and to
improve the heart by exhibiting bright and illustrious examples of virtue .
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In the former of these classes we must rank almost all the celebrated historians of
ancient Greece and Rome . In general they merely relate distinguished events ;
but to search out and reflect upon the general causes of them they seldom ...
In the former of these classes we must rank almost all the celebrated historians of
ancient Greece and Rome . In general they merely relate distinguished events ;
but to search out and reflect upon the general causes of them they seldom ...
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In ancient times , mankind had before their eyes but a very limited field of
observation , and but a short experience of the revolutions of nations . Their VOL .
I. D memorials of former events too were scanty and imperfect , 5 . THE
LOUNGER .
In ancient times , mankind had before their eyes but a very limited field of
observation , and but a short experience of the revolutions of nations . Their VOL .
I. D memorials of former events too were scanty and imperfect , 5 . THE
LOUNGER .
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memorials of former events too were scanty and imperfect , being little more than
traditions , involved in uncertainty and disfigured by fable . They possessed not
that extensive experience , nor that large collection of facts , which can alone
lead ...
memorials of former events too were scanty and imperfect , being little more than
traditions , involved in uncertainty and disfigured by fable . They possessed not
that extensive experience , nor that large collection of facts , which can alone
lead ...
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I begin , ' said he , putting his snuff - box to his nose , to find the inattention of my
former box - fellows not quite so unreasonable .'- Our company of this season , '
said a brother officer , who sat near us , to Colonel Caustic , is a very numerous ...
I begin , ' said he , putting his snuff - box to his nose , to find the inattention of my
former box - fellows not quite so unreasonable .'- Our company of this season , '
said a brother officer , who sat near us , to Colonel Caustic , is a very numerous ...
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| Title | The British Essayists: Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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