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... historical exactness ; for to write a panegyric is a far different task from writing a biography : the biographer writes not only for his contemporaries , but for posterity ; but the panegyrist merely re- ́capitulates to the people of ...
... historical exactness ; for to write a panegyric is a far different task from writing a biography : the biographer writes not only for his contemporaries , but for posterity ; but the panegyrist merely re- ́capitulates to the people of ...
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... history of Greece . Of this sort are the accounts of the descent and birth of Agesilaus , and of the power of the Spartans , c . 1 , sect . 2 ; of Agesilaus's singular contrivance for en- riching his soldiers , c . 17 ; of his mode of ...
... history of Greece . Of this sort are the accounts of the descent and birth of Agesilaus , and of the power of the Spartans , c . 1 , sect . 2 ; of Agesilaus's singular contrivance for en- riching his soldiers , c . 17 ; of his mode of ...
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... History of Horsemanship , ” renders it " the frog , or rather the sole . " 2 Monsieur Bourgelat , in his preface to the second volume of " Les Elemens Hippiatriques , " reprehends this remark as trifling and false ; and if our author is ...
... History of Horsemanship , ” renders it " the frog , or rather the sole . " 2 Monsieur Bourgelat , in his preface to the second volume of " Les Elemens Hippiatriques , " reprehends this remark as trifling and false ; and if our author is ...
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... History of Rome during the Reigns of Constantius , Julian , Tovianus , Valentinian and Valens . Translated by Prof. C. D. Yonge , M.A. 7s . 6d . ANDERSEN'S Danish Legends and Fairy Tales . Translated by Caroline Peachey . With 120 Wood ...
... History of Rome during the Reigns of Constantius , Julian , Tovianus , Valentinian and Valens . Translated by Prof. C. D. Yonge , M.A. 7s . 6d . ANDERSEN'S Danish Legends and Fairy Tales . Translated by Caroline Peachey . With 120 Wood ...
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... Historical Works , including the Essays , Apophthegms , Wisdom of the Ancients , New Atlantis , Henry VII . , Henry VIII . , Elizabeth , Henry Prince of Wales , History of Great Britain , Julius Cæsar , and Augustus Cæsar . Edited by J ...
... Historical Works , including the Essays , Apophthegms , Wisdom of the Ancients , New Atlantis , Henry VII . , Henry VIII . , Elizabeth , Henry Prince of Wales , History of Great Britain , Julius Cæsar , and Augustus Cæsar . Edited by J ...
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