 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 - Стр. 375редактор(ы): - 1856Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Minto - 1881 - Страниц: 596
...would "intersperse the details which are the charm of historical romances." " The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature." "We should not have to look for the wars and votes of the Puritans in Clarendon, and for their phraseology... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1881 - Страниц: 556
...Shakespeare's play*. ENGLISH LITERATURE, III. Examiner — ME. WH PAULSON, м. A. 1. Thn perfect historian is he, in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhihited in miniatnre." " History, in its ideal perfection, is a mixtnre of poetry and philosophy."... | |
 | George Haven Putnam - 1883 - Страниц: 290
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 | 1915 - Страниц: 342
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 | Prose masterpieces - 1884 - Страниц: 310
...fine sights, and from having held formal conference with a few great officers. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age are exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters, which... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1887 - Страниц: 692
...expelled.] The Edinburgh Review, in discugsing the leading objects of history, says, " the perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature; by judicious selections, rejections and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions, which have... | |
 | George Haven Putnam - 1888 - Страниц: 312
...few great officers. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age are exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes...by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, • . 1 HISTORY. 283 he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1888 - Страниц: 310
...fine sites and from having held formal conferences with a few great officers. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. . . . Jn his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent ; others retire.... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1888 - Страниц: 300
...fine sites and from having held formal conferences with a few great officers. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. . . . Jn his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent ; others retire.... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1889 - Страниц: 332
...historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He 150 relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his...fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : 155 some transactions are prominent ; others retire. But the scale on which he represents them is... | |
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