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... history , " became common , in this country , towards the end of the sixteenth century . It is one of the most interesting , but also the lowest form of literature ; for it is best when it sets down something in malice , or confesses to ...
... history , " became common , in this country , towards the end of the sixteenth century . It is one of the most interesting , but also the lowest form of literature ; for it is best when it sets down something in malice , or confesses to ...
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... History of the World , a piece of prose well known , perhaps worn threadbare by often quotation , but of a sombre beauty , of a style " eloquent , just and mighty " like its subject . Like the prose H I of Sir Thomas Browne , our ...
... History of the World , a piece of prose well known , perhaps worn threadbare by often quotation , but of a sombre beauty , of a style " eloquent , just and mighty " like its subject . Like the prose H I of Sir Thomas Browne , our ...
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... history and biography , the names of Richard Hakluyt and of John Fox stand out , as worthy of special honour . Other historians have written greatly , about great men and great movements . These two have preserved for us the record of ...
... history and biography , the names of Richard Hakluyt and of John Fox stand out , as worthy of special honour . Other historians have written greatly , about great men and great movements . These two have preserved for us the record of ...
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... history of lord Ferrers is closed : he was executed yesterday . Madness , that in other countries is a disorder , is here a systematic character : it does not hinder people from forming a plan of conduct , and from 44 MEMOIRS AND ...
... history of lord Ferrers is closed : he was executed yesterday . Madness , that in other countries is a disorder , is here a systematic character : it does not hinder people from forming a plan of conduct , and from 44 MEMOIRS AND ...
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... History is full of the gallantry of that tribe ; and when we read their notable acts , we easily find what a difference there is between a life in Plutarch and in Laertius . Where true fortitude dwells , loyalty , bounty , friendship ...
... History is full of the gallantry of that tribe ; and when we read their notable acts , we easily find what a difference there is between a life in Plutarch and in Laertius . Where true fortitude dwells , loyalty , bounty , friendship ...
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