 These bear the impress of their respective times : and, whilst many of them regard affairs in which the writers were actively engaged, all afford a closer and more familiar view of characters, manners, and events, than the pen of the most accomplished...  1418-1529 - Page viedited by - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Early English newspapers - 1824 - 718 pages
...LETTERS OF EMINENT PERSONS IN THE STATE, form both the largest and most important portion; and they exist in an uninterrupted succession for more than five...accomplished compiler of regular history, even if be might be trusted, could supply. " They REVIEW. — Original Letters, edited by Ellis. 334 " They... | |
 | 1824 - 610 pages
...editor of the collection, that original letters of eminent persons in the state, afford a closer and familiar view of characters, manners, and events, than the pen of the most accomplished compiler of history. They unravel causes by action, which, without their aid, would be impenetrable. At a time,... | |
 | Science - 1830 - 1112 pages
...subsidiary aid in the dispersed materials of history : of which ORIGINAL LETTERS OF EMINENT PERSONS IK THE STATE form both the largest and the most important...which superficial readers suppose to be exhausted." Forcibly as these observations apply to all original letters, they do so with still greater effect... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - Art - 1840 - 554 pages
...reader must seek subsidiary aid in the dispersed materials of history : of which ORIGINAL LETTERS or EMINENT PERSONS IN THE STATE form both the largest...which superficial readers suppose to be exhausted." Forcibly as these observations apply to all original letters, they do so with still greater effect... | |
 | William Harrison ainsworth - 1860 - 516 pages
...which owe their origin to the simplest are often traced back to the remotest causes " But letters " bear the impress of their respective times; and whilst...which superficial readers suppose to be exhausted." Another characteristic of Letters is, that they are not only the most useful of all our historical... | |
 | 1860 - 520 pages
...which owe their origin to the simplest are often traced back to the remotest causes " But letters " bear the impress of their respective times; and whilst...which superficial readers suppose to be exhausted." Another characteristic of Letters is, that they are not only the most useful of all our historical... | |
 | Francis Charles Hingeston - Great Britain - 1860 - 596 pages
...which the Historian now finds in his way would be removed. For, again to quote Sir Henry Ellis, they " bear the " impress of their respective times ; and,...accomplished compiler of regular History, even if " lie might be trusted, could supply. They unravel " causes of action which without their aid would... | |
 | Francis Charles Hingeston - Great Britain - 1860 - 596 pages
...which the Historian now finds in his way would be removed. For, again to quote Sir Henry Ellis, they " bear the " impress of their respective times ; and,...accomplished compiler of regular History, even if " lie might be trusted, could supply. They unravel " causes of action which without their aid would... | |
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