 The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But, by judicious selection,...  The National Review - Página 3531856Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Ernest Hampden-Cook - 1895 - 224 páginas
...Macaulay* has naively remarked, " By judicious selection, rejection and arrangement [a perfect historian] gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction . . . In [a perfect historian's] narrative a due subordination is observed — some transactions are prominent,... | |
 | John Duncan Quackenbos - 1896 - 492 páginas
...he in whose work the character and spirit of an age are exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. He shows us the court, the camp, the senate. He shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote,... | |
 | George Eugène Fasnacht - 1897 - 216 páginas
...First Course, § 76. 11. to come, etc., s'introduire. 14. The Perfect Historian. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But, 2. to be exhibited, se re'fle'ehir (refle'terl 4. is, Subjunct. , cf. § 105 (J). oil se montre une... | |
 | Northwest Territories Council of Public Instruction - 1897 - 628 páginas
...perfect historian is he in whose work the character End spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. (2) He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated Insufficient testimony. (3) Hut by judicious selection, rejection and arrangement he gives to truth... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 236 páginas
...having held formal conferences with a few great officers. The perfect historian is he in whose work I the character and spirit of an age is exhibited '...relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his character, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But by judicious selection, rejection,... | |
 | Albert Stratford George Canning - 1899 - 392 páginas
...travel. The student, like the tourist, is transported into a new state of society. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. By judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement he gives to truth those attractions which have been... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1902 - 500 páginas
...they have been developed in the Nineteenth Century. Macaulay wrote in 1828 : " The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...those attractions which have been usurped by fiction. ... A truly great historian would reclaim those materials which the novelist has appropriated. The... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 210 páginas
...and it would not be easy to name their equal. (JC Morrison.) Use of Detail.—The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying, as too insignificant to illustrate... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 páginas
...spoken in any quarter of the globe. THE PERFECT HISTORIAN (Essay on History) THE perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no facts, he attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony.... | |
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1905 - 362 páginas
...however, be periodic to a considerable degree, as in the following from Macaulay. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. The sentence is loose, for the sense might be completed and a period placed after " exhibited," but... | |
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