The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... give an account of his manner of live- lihood - Dream of such an institution in Britain · • Anonymous . Abercromby 48. The sentiment and moral of time - Reflec- tions occasioned by the beginning of another year 49. Observations on ...
... give an account of his manner of live- lihood - Dream of such an institution in Britain · • Anonymous . Abercromby 48. The sentiment and moral of time - Reflec- tions occasioned by the beginning of another year 49. Observations on ...
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... gives a fine illustration . Talking of the little regard paid to Milton when alive , ' Whitlocke , ' says he , ' men- tions one Milton , as he calls him , a blind man , who was employed in translating a treaty with Sweden into Latin ...
... gives a fine illustration . Talking of the little regard paid to Milton when alive , ' Whitlocke , ' says he , ' men- tions one Milton , as he calls him , a blind man , who was employed in translating a treaty with Sweden into Latin ...
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... gives us nothing but memoirs of his own ex- ploits ; and Tacitus confines himself very nearly to his own times . Even Herodotus , who takes a larger range , is , in general , only a relator of facts which he either saw himself , or ...
... gives us nothing but memoirs of his own ex- ploits ; and Tacitus confines himself very nearly to his own times . Even Herodotus , who takes a larger range , is , in general , only a relator of facts which he either saw himself , or ...
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... gives much more opportunity than was enjoyed by the ancient world , for the comparison of facts , and the construc- tion of system in the history of mankind ; while 26 5 . THE LOUNGER . Insignificance and unhappiness of a cer-
... gives much more opportunity than was enjoyed by the ancient world , for the comparison of facts , and the construc- tion of system in the history of mankind ; while 26 5 . THE LOUNGER . Insignificance and unhappiness of a cer-
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... gives to such researches at once the force of union and the spur of emulation . In short , the opposite situation and circumstances of the present age have bestowed on history its most signal improvement , and have given it a form ...
... gives to such researches at once the force of union and the spur of emulation . In short , the opposite situation and circumstances of the present age have bestowed on history its most signal improvement , and have given it a form ...
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