 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 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... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1889 - Страниц: 338
...sights, and from having held formal conferences with a few great officers. 9. The perfect 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 characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1889 - Страниц: 326
...sights, arid from having held formal conferences with a few great officers. 9. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniatured He 150 relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1891 - Страниц: 462
...at his command. He delineates any trait ; he can paint and justly paint any manners he chooses. "The perfect historian," he tells us, "is he in whose work...by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, ho gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - Страниц: 584
..."intersperse the details which are the cliarm of historical romances." "The perfect historian is lie in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature." "We should nut have to look for the wars and votes of the Puritans in Clarendon, and for their phraseology... | |
 | 1893 - Страниц: 786
...danger. — JR Green. But to tax and to please is not common among men. — Burke. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. — Macaulay. The birds their songs renew and bleating herds Attest their joy, that hill and valley... | |
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