Historical Research: An Outline of Theory and PracticeH. Holt, 1911 - 350 páginas |
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... English people , rather than accept a scientific improvement at the hands of a pope , endured the annoyance for two centuries more until the reign of George II . This double year accounts for the double dates frequently employed in ...
... English people , rather than accept a scientific improvement at the hands of a pope , endured the annoyance for two centuries more until the reign of George II . This double year accounts for the double dates frequently employed in ...
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... English till 1752 . Suffice it to say that the transition period brought out an expression in dating which sometimes causes confusion . Not only was it necessary to take note of the change of beginning of the year , but it was customary ...
... English till 1752 . Suffice it to say that the transition period brought out an expression in dating which sometimes causes confusion . Not only was it necessary to take note of the change of beginning of the year , but it was customary ...
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... English Official Documents , where the public offices of each great period are carefully tabulated and analyzed.1 " " Heraldry in modern times has become a branch of decorative art . No legal rights are established by the possession of ...
... English Official Documents , where the public offices of each great period are carefully tabulated and analyzed.1 " " Heraldry in modern times has become a branch of decorative art . No legal rights are established by the possession of ...
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... English are mostly of French origin and some of the words have become obsolete in other connections , but with one obvious advantage , that the terminology is similar for all of Western Europe . The different nations developed various ...
... English are mostly of French origin and some of the words have become obsolete in other connections , but with one obvious advantage , that the terminology is similar for all of Western Europe . The different nations developed various ...
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... English vocabulary . One should be grateful , however , for indications which show the point before which an expression was out of the question . Natural Phe- The incidental facts mentioned in a narrative may likewise give a clue to the ...
... English vocabulary . One should be grateful , however , for indications which show the point before which an expression was out of the question . Natural Phe- The incidental facts mentioned in a narrative may likewise give a clue to the ...
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Página 274 - Of all vulgar modes of escaping from the consideration of the effect of social and moral influences on the human mind, the most vulgar is that of attributing the diversities of conduct and character to inherent natural differences.
Página 5 - He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying, as too insignificant for his notice, which is not too insignificant to illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind.
Página 198 - The late war, although reluctantly declared by Congress, had become a necessary resort to assert the rights and independence of the nation. It has been waged with a success which is the natural result of the wisdom of the legislative councils, of the patriotism of the people, of the public spirit of the militia, and of the valor of the military and naval forces of the country.
Página 8 - It is a favourite maxim of mine that history, while it should be scientific in its method, should pursue a practical object — that is, it should not merely gratify the reader's curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the present and his forecast of the future.
Página 169 - Forasmuch as manifest sin, vicious, carnal and abominable living, is daily used and committed amongst the little and small abbeys, priories and other religious houses of monks, canons and nuns...
Página 2 - THIS is a publication of the researches of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, in order that the actions of men may not be effaced by time, nor the great and wondrous deeds displayed both by Greeks and barbarians* deprived of renown ; and among the rest, for what cause they waged war upon each other.
Página 170 - And albeit that many continual visitations hath been heretofore had by the space of two hundred years and more for an honest and charitable reformation of such unthrifty, carnal, and abominable living, yet nevertheless little or none amendment is hitherto had, but their vicious living shamelessly increaseth and augmenteth...
Página 198 - To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: "I lay before Congress Copies of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between The United States and His Britannic Majesty...
Página 6 - I have preferred to pass lightly and briefly over the details of foreign wars and diplomacies, the personal adventures of kings and nobles, the pomp of courts, or the intrigues of favourites, and to dwell at length on the incidents of that constitutional, intellectual, and social advance in which we read the history of the nation itself.
Página 114 - Saxons, and his son -Sthelbald, with all their army, fought a long time against them at a place called Ac-lea, ie the Oak-plain, and there, after a lengthened battle, which was fought with much bravery on both sides, the greater part of the pagan multitude was destroyed and cut to pieces, so that we never heard of their being so slaughtered, either before or since, in any country, in one day ; and the Christians gained an honourable victory, and were triumphant over the place of death.