 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
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1861 - Страниц: 614
...himself with conveying an impression of it. " The perfect historian," says the essay on History, " is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature." But to accomplish this requires thu utmost discretion in selecting leading points, and in rejecting... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - Страниц: 752
...fine sights, and from having held formal conferences with a few great officers. TJie perfect historian ns have a proverb, that in Valencia the earth miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated... | |
 | 1867 - Страниц: 972
...general idea of their joint effect will be given by a few slight touche,-." . . . " The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He phetic manuscript, and can be folly interpreted by no man." . . . " The artist in history may be distinguished... | |
 | John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - 1875 - Страниц: 416
...34. HISTORY—ITS EXCELLENCE CONSISTS IN REPRODUCING THE SPIRIT OF PAST AGES. 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - Страниц: 768
...mighty and various organization which lies deep below. LORD MACAULAY : History. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characiers, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But, by judicious selection, rejection,... | |
 | Henry H. Lancaster - 1876 - Страниц: 512
...content himself with conveying an impression of it "The perfect historian," says the essay on History, " is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature." But to accomplish this requires the utmost discretion in selecting leading points, and in rejecting... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - Страниц: 498
...fine sights, 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...a due subordination is observed: some transactions arc prominent; others retire. But the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished,... | |
 | 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."... | |
 | 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... | |
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