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... character , and to enable us to form a more correct judgment of human affairs . It must not , therefore , be a tale , calculated merely to please and addressed to the fancy . Gravity and dig- nity are essential characteristics of ...
... character , and to enable us to form a more correct judgment of human affairs . It must not , therefore , be a tale , calculated merely to please and addressed to the fancy . Gravity and dig- nity are essential characteristics of ...
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... character of a wise man , writing for the instruction of posterity ; one who has studied to inform himself well ... characters of persons , the cir- cumstances of time and place , the views and designs of the principal actors , and the ...
... character of a wise man , writing for the instruction of posterity ; one who has studied to inform himself well ... characters of persons , the cir- cumstances of time and place , the views and designs of the principal actors , and the ...
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... character , —thus inspiring a taste for real greatness and solid glory . The second department of our work has been devoted to BIOGRAPHY , -a species of history more entertaining , and in many respects equally useful , with general ...
... character , —thus inspiring a taste for real greatness and solid glory . The second department of our work has been devoted to BIOGRAPHY , -a species of history more entertaining , and in many respects equally useful , with general ...
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... character from those which have appeared and disappeared among the Caucasians . This , in fact , is to be observed as the grand difference between the history of the Mongolian and that of the Caucasian variety of the human species ...
... character from those which have appeared and disappeared among the Caucasians . This , in fact , is to be observed as the grand difference between the history of the Mongolian and that of the Caucasian variety of the human species ...
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... character by the irruptions of the nomad hoards of Asia who intermingled with it . Early in the seventh century , a dynasty called that of Tang acce- ded to power , which ended in 897. After half a century of anarchy , order was ...
... character by the irruptions of the nomad hoards of Asia who intermingled with it . Early in the seventh century , a dynasty called that of Tang acce- ded to power , which ended in 897. After half a century of anarchy , order was ...
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