The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 56Tobias George Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall., 1783 - English literature Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... history , general and particular , and men- tions the feveral ftudies which he regards as the neceffary pre- paratives for writing it . It feems to be his opinion , that the hiftorian , like the poet and the orator , must be born , not ...
... history , general and particular , and men- tions the feveral ftudies which he regards as the neceffary pre- paratives for writing it . It feems to be his opinion , that the hiftorian , like the poet and the orator , must be born , not ...
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... History of the Stuarts by Mr. Hume . Instead of what was promised to me , I have found nothing except memoirs which might have served for the materials of his history ; and how could I poffibly regard with approbation a work which the ...
... History of the Stuarts by Mr. Hume . Instead of what was promised to me , I have found nothing except memoirs which might have served for the materials of his history ; and how could I poffibly regard with approbation a work which the ...
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... history of Henry III . he has at the same time avoided the imputation of those prejudices with which fome of them appear to have been influenced . The reign of Henry III . was one of the most active periods in the French annals , and ...
... history of Henry III . he has at the same time avoided the imputation of those prejudices with which fome of them appear to have been influenced . The reign of Henry III . was one of the most active periods in the French annals , and ...
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