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... facts , and to the relation of actual events . It is not far from truth to say , that well written and classic History is ... fact as other artists are to nature , and , though he may sometimes embellish , he never misrepresents ; he may ...
... facts , and to the relation of actual events . It is not far from truth to say , that well written and classic History is ... fact as other artists are to nature , and , though he may sometimes embellish , he never misrepresents ; he may ...
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... fact in the history of mankind , that in the very lowest stage of human existence , and in the opposite extreme of high civilization , surrounded with everything luxurious in life , and with all the means of human knowledge , the idea ...
... fact in the history of mankind , that in the very lowest stage of human existence , and in the opposite extreme of high civilization , surrounded with everything luxurious in life , and with all the means of human knowledge , the idea ...
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... fact , but I once had an intima- tion , that one of the most distinguished writers of our time and of our country , has had his thoughts turned to this subject for several years . If this be so , and the work , said to be in ...
... fact , but I once had an intima- tion , that one of the most distinguished writers of our time and of our country , has had his thoughts turned to this subject for several years . If this be so , and the work , said to be in ...
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... fact , that which rests on the accounts of others ; the other , that all subsequent travels and discoveries have tended to confirm his fidelity . From his great qualities as a writer , as well as from the age in which he lived , he is ...
... fact , that which rests on the accounts of others ; the other , that all subsequent travels and discoveries have tended to confirm his fidelity . From his great qualities as a writer , as well as from the age in which he lived , he is ...
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... fact , embodying the tradi- tions and history of the people among which they arose . Like other intellectual culture , this form of History appeared first in the East , and , from the days of Moses and Joshua down to our own times , it ...
... fact , embodying the tradi- tions and history of the people among which they arose . Like other intellectual culture , this form of History appeared first in the East , and , from the days of Moses and Joshua down to our own times , it ...
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Page 29 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse ; Such* as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 8 - There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased : The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Page 42 - We, the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and promise, that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the risK of our lives and fortunes, with arms, oppose the hostile proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies.
Page 44 - When your lordships look at the papers, transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 29 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Page 46 - Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting-, That would not let me sleep : methought, I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes.* Rashly, And prais'd be rashness for it, — Let us know, Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do pall : and that should teach us. There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.* Hor.
Page 44 - I must declare and avow, that, in all my reading and observation, and it has been my favorite study, — I have read ''• Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that, for solidity of reasoning, force of ''"sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a "'" complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Page 47 - UNBORN ages and visions of glory crowd upon my soul, the realization of all which, however, is in the hands and good pleasure of Almighty God ; but, under his divine blessing, it will be dependent on the character and the virtues of ourselves, and of our posterity. If classical history has been found to be, is now, and shall continue to be, the concomitant5 of free instituticiis, and of popular eloquence, what a field is opening to 08 for another Herod'otus,' another Thucydides,
Page 39 - Massachusetts Bay, to the execution of the late acts of parliament; and if the same shall be attempted to be carried into execution by force, in such case, all America ought to support them in their opposition.
Page 53 - All the good, whether learned or unlearned, high or low, rich or poor, feel this day that there is one treasure common to them all, and that is the fame of Washington. They all recount...