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CONTENTS.
Of History, | Pag. 173. | |
The Difficulties of writing History, | 174. | |
The Abilities of an Historian, | 175. | |
The Historical Style, | 178. | |
Standards of History among the Greeks and Romans, | 180. | |
Herodotus and Thucydides, | 181. | |
Salust and Livy, | 183. | |
Salust compared with Thucydides, and how far he agreeth with him, | 184. | |
Salust concise, but clear, | ibid. | |
His Style vindicated, | 186. | |
Livy his Character, | 187. | |
Resembled to Herodotus and Thucydides, | 189. | |
Compared with Salust, | 190. | |
Salust clearer than Livy, | 191. | |
The Praise of Livy, | 193. | |
History and Oratory compared, | 195. | |
Greater Abilities required in an Historian, than an Orator, | ibid. | |
Of Modern History, and a general Remark on our Historians, | 196. | |
Lord Bacon censured, | 198. |
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