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Charles V. and Philip II . had both taken especial care to provide this class of writers , and even to furnish them with information . Three Spanish historians and one Neapolitan , contemporaries of the period , Sepulveda , Herrera ...
Charles V. and Philip II . had both taken especial care to provide this class of writers , and even to furnish them with information . Three Spanish historians and one Neapolitan , contemporaries of the period , Sepulveda , Herrera ...
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He may therefore fairly be judged by a less severe standard than any of the other writers . And certainly , of the two , we look far more favourably upon the anecdotes of Plutarch than upon the marvels of Curtius .
He may therefore fairly be judged by a less severe standard than any of the other writers . And certainly , of the two , we look far more favourably upon the anecdotes of Plutarch than upon the marvels of Curtius .
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The other writers frequently contain stories to the discredit of Alexander , which do not occur in Arrian . Mr. Grote infers that the other writers pre- served the truth , which was concealed by Ptolemy and Aristobulus , in their zeal ...
The other writers frequently contain stories to the discredit of Alexander , which do not occur in Arrian . Mr. Grote infers that the other writers pre- served the truth , which was concealed by Ptolemy and Aristobulus , in their zeal ...
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1 History of the Reign of Philip the Second King | 1 |
sur le Globe Par P Flourens Membre de lAca | 46 |
England from the earliest period to the year 1742 | 78 |
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