In Defense of Historical Literature: Essays on American History, Autobiography, Drama, and Fiction |
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Page 9
... especially valuable for Prescott's view of history even while I recognize the limitations of his view of history , but I shall find the insight praiseworthy only so long as I see some historical validity in it . We must not hurry to ...
... especially valuable for Prescott's view of history even while I recognize the limitations of his view of history , but I shall find the insight praiseworthy only so long as I see some historical validity in it . We must not hurry to ...
Page 19
... especially " literary . " That is why they have especial value to my argument . Even though they are not intended to re- create or dramatize the particular event as it happened , they ask us to believe in a group of abstractions ...
... especially " literary . " That is why they have especial value to my argument . Even though they are not intended to re- create or dramatize the particular event as it happened , they ask us to believe in a group of abstractions ...
Page 104
... especially when one generation had bequeathed its religious gloom , and the counterfeit of its religious ardor , to the next : for these characteristics , as was inevitable , assumed the form both of hypocrisy and exaggeration , by ...
... especially when one generation had bequeathed its religious gloom , and the counterfeit of its religious ardor , to the next : for these characteristics , as was inevitable , assumed the form both of hypocrisy and exaggeration , by ...
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