Essays, Critical and MiscellaneousD. Appleton, 1875 - 744 páginas |
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... their meri . aian in the age of Lorenzo the Magnificent . We cannot refrain from quoting the splendid passage , in which the Tuscan Thucydides de The season , cribes the state of Italy at that 22 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS.
... their meri . aian in the age of Lorenzo the Magnificent . We cannot refrain from quoting the splendid passage , in which the Tuscan Thucydides de The season , cribes the state of Italy at that 22 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS.
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... every comfort and every distinction which they enjoyed . To be butchered on the smoking ruins of their city , to be dragged in chains Thucydides . ii . 2 • a slave - market , to see one child 32 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGU .
... every comfort and every distinction which they enjoyed . To be butchered on the smoking ruins of their city , to be dragged in chains Thucydides . ii . 2 • a slave - market , to see one child 32 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGU .
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... Thucydides differs from that of Herodotus as a portrait differs from the re- presentation of an imaginary scene ; as the Burke or Fox of Reynolds differs from his Ugolino or his Beaufort . In the former case , the archetype is given ...
... Thucydides differs from that of Herodotus as a portrait differs from the re- presentation of an imaginary scene ; as the Burke or Fox of Reynolds differs from his Ugolino or his Beaufort . In the former case , the archetype is given ...
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... Thucydides . He was a perfect master of the peeress , he does not contemplate her through art of gradual diminution . His history is some . a powerful microscope , and transfer to the times as concise as a chronological chart ; yet ...
... Thucydides . He was a perfect master of the peeress , he does not contemplate her through art of gradual diminution . His history is some . a powerful microscope , and transfer to the times as concise as a chronological chart ; yet ...
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... Thucydides studied ; and his wisdom is that which such a school would naturally afford . He judges bet- ter of circumstances than of principles . The more a question is narrowed , the better he rea- Here Thucydides is deficient . The ...
... Thucydides studied ; and his wisdom is that which such a school would naturally afford . He judges bet- ter of circumstances than of principles . The more a question is narrowed , the better he rea- Here Thucydides is deficient . The ...
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