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" The historian scarcely giveth leisure to the moralist to say so much, but that he, laden with old mouse-eaten records, authorizing himself (for the most part) upon other histories, whose greatest authorities are built upon the notable foundation of hearsay;... "
The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and ... - Page vii
by Charles Knight - 1874
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Literature, Literary History, and Cultural Memory

Herbert Grabes - 2005 - 408 pages
...most part) upon other histories, whose greatest authorities are built upon the notable foundation of hearsay; having much ado to accord differing writers and to pick truth out of their partiality; f...]28 We can certainly discern a satirical image of More's approach in this; but...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 78

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1868 - 868 pages
...most part opon other histories, whose greatest authorities arc built upon the notable foundation of hearsay ; having much ado to accord differing writers and to pick truth out of IĞuğlity; better acquainted with a thoub'-iji;irğ ago than with the present age; "|4 jet better...
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