Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... Tacitus ; and the classical histories may almost be called romances founded in fact . The relation is , no doubt , in all its princi- pal points , strictly true . But the numerous little incidents which heighten the interest , the words ...
... Tacitus ; and the classical histories may almost be called romances founded in fact . The relation is , no doubt , in all its princi- pal points , strictly true . But the numerous little incidents which heighten the interest , the words ...
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... Tacitus was certainly the great est . His style , indeed , is not only faulty in itself , but is , in some respects , peculiarly unfit for historical composition . He carries his love of effect far beyond the limits of modera tion . He ...
... Tacitus was certainly the great est . His style , indeed , is not only faulty in itself , but is , in some respects , peculiarly unfit for historical composition . He carries his love of effect far beyond the limits of modera tion . He ...
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... Tacitus , by a model furnished from without . Hamlet is to Tiberius what the Laocoon is to the Newton of Roubilliac . In this part of his art , Tacitus certainly had neither equal nor second among the ancient historians . Herodotus ...
... Tacitus , by a model furnished from without . Hamlet is to Tiberius what the Laocoon is to the Newton of Roubilliac . In this part of his art , Tacitus certainly had neither equal nor second among the ancient historians . Herodotus ...
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... Tacitus . His Pericles , his Nicias , his Cleon , his Brasidas , are happily discriminated . The lines are few , the colouring faint ; but the general air and ex- pression is caught . We begin , like the priest in Don Quixote's library ...
... Tacitus . His Pericles , his Nicias , his Cleon , his Brasidas , are happily discriminated . The lines are few , the colouring faint ; but the general air and ex- pression is caught . We begin , like the priest in Don Quixote's library ...
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... Tacitus . But it must , at the same time , be admitted that they have characteristic faults , so closely connected with their charac- teristic merits , and of such magnitude , that it may well be doubted whether , on the whole , this ...
... Tacitus . But it must , at the same time , be admitted that they have characteristic faults , so closely connected with their charac- teristic merits , and of such magnitude , that it may well be doubted whether , on the whole , this ...
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