The History of England: From the Accession of James II, Nide 5J.B. Lippincott, 1873 |
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... historians of England , not among her men of science . With a mind so active and wide - ranging , he could not but take deep interest in the progress and in the marvellous discoveries of modern science ; but he was content to accept ...
... historians of England , not among her men of science . With a mind so active and wide - ranging , he could not but take deep interest in the progress and in the marvellous discoveries of modern science ; but he was content to accept ...
Sivu xi
... historian . The higher tastes which he then imbibed were equally indelible ; his admiration of the unrivalled writers of Greece and Rome grew deeper to the close of his life . Homer and Thucydides , and Tacitus , re- mained among his ...
... historian . The higher tastes which he then imbibed were equally indelible ; his admiration of the unrivalled writers of Greece and Rome grew deeper to the close of his life . Homer and Thucydides , and Tacitus , re- mained among his ...
Sivu xiv
... historian . Such was his remarkable variety and versatility . Very few men , indeed , have achieved great things in such different kinds of excellence . In Parliament he had too much wisdom , too much self- respect , too much respect ...
... historian . Such was his remarkable variety and versatility . Very few men , indeed , have achieved great things in such different kinds of excellence . In Parliament he had too much wisdom , too much self- respect , too much respect ...
Sivu xxiii
... historian , such as he aspired to be , may be found in an Essay , somewhat too excursive , in the " Edinburgh Review ... historians , with the diversity and immense range of modern affairs . This was but one condition ; the history would ...
... historian , such as he aspired to be , may be found in an Essay , somewhat too excursive , in the " Edinburgh Review ... historians , with the diversity and immense range of modern affairs . This was but one condition ; the history would ...
Sivu xxiv
... historian has an unworthy conception of his high art , or that he wants the real power and skill of an historian . But to this lofty view of the his- torian's functions who is equal ? It required all Macaulay's indefatigable research ...
... historian has an unworthy conception of his high art , or that he wants the real power and skill of an historian . But to this lofty view of the his- torian's functions who is equal ? It required all Macaulay's indefatigable research ...
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