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... Thucydides among the Greeks , for I will mention no more of them ; and upon this account we commend Salluft and Livy among the Romans . though they all differ in their ftyle , yet they all agree in these common ex cellencies . Herodotus ...
... Thucydides among the Greeks , for I will mention no more of them ; and upon this account we commend Salluft and Livy among the Romans . though they all differ in their ftyle , yet they all agree in these common ex cellencies . Herodotus ...
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... Thucydides ; whofe hiftory , however drawn out into length , is confined to the shortest period of any , except what remains of Salluft . No hiftorian could be happier in the greatnefs and dignity of his fubject , and none was better ...
... Thucydides ; whofe hiftory , however drawn out into length , is confined to the shortest period of any , except what remains of Salluft . No hiftorian could be happier in the greatnefs and dignity of his fubject , and none was better ...
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... Thucydides , Xenophon , Livy , Salluft , and Tacitus . They are all confpicuous for the art of narration . Herodotus is , at all times , an agreeable writer , and relates every thing with that naïveté and fimplicity of manner , which ...
... Thucydides , Xenophon , Livy , Salluft , and Tacitus . They are all confpicuous for the art of narration . Herodotus is , at all times , an agreeable writer , and relates every thing with that naïveté and fimplicity of manner , which ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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