 I have always thought with you, that " we possess at this time very great advantages" towards the knowledge of human nature. We " need no longer go to History to trace it in alt " its stages and periods. History, from its coin" parative youth, is but...  The History of Scotland - Page 74de William Robertson - 1817Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Robertson - 1821 - 436 pages
...peri" ods. History, from its comparative youth, is " but a poor instructor. When the Egyptians call" ed the Greeks Children in Antiquities, we may " well...call all " those nations which were able to trace the pro" gress of society only within their own limits. But ". now the great Map of Mankind is unrolled... | |
 | William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 438 pages
...ods. History, from its comparative youth, is " but a poor instructor. When the Egyptians call" " ed the Greeks Children in Antiquities, we may " well...call all " those nations which were able to trace the pro" gress of society only within their own limits. But •" now the great Map of Mankind is unrolled... | |
 | William Robertson - 1822 - 506 pages
...but a poor instructor. When the Egyp" linns called the Greeks children in antiquities, we may-well call " them children; and so we may call all those..." own limits. But now the great map of mankind is unroll" ed at once, and there is no state or gradation of barbarism, " and no mode of refinement which... | |
 | William Robertson - 1824 - 488 pages
...need no longer go to history to trace it in all its stages and periods. History, from its comparative youth, is but a poor instructor. When the Egyptians...called the Greeks children in antiquities, we may call them children ; and so we may call all those nations which were able to trace the progress of... | |
 | William Robertson - 1825 - 506 pages
...stages and periods. History, from its comparative youth, is but a poor instructer. When the Egyptkns called the Greeks children in antiquities, we may...no state or gradation of barbarism, and no mode of refmement, which we have not at the same moment under our view : the very different civility of Europe... | |
 | William Robertson - 1828 - 746 pages
...need no longer go to history to trace it in all its stages and periods. History, from its comparative ; apd so we may call all those nations which wer« able to trace the progress of society only within... | |
 | William Robertson - 1835 - 750 pages
...need no longer go to history to trace it in all its stages and periods. History, from its comparative youth, is but a poor instructor. When the Egyptians...call them children ; a.nd so we may call all those nation; which were able to trace the progressof society only within their own limits. But now the great... | |
 | William Robertson - 1837 - 632 pages
...need no longer go to history to trace it in all its ages and periods. History, from its comparative youth, is but a poor instructor. When the Egyptians...antiquities, we may well call them children ; and so we may The honours which were paid to him by foreigners were equally grati fying. The Royal Academy of History... | |
 | Saxe Bannister - 1849 - 320 pages
...need no longer go to history to learn it in all its periods and stages. History, from its comparative youth, is but a poor instructor. When the Egyptians...children ; and so we may call all those nations which traced the progress of society only within their own limits. But now the great map of mankind is unravelled... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 678 pages
...need no longer go to history to have it in all its periods and stages. History, from its comparative youth, is but a poor instructor. When the Egyptians...their own limits. But now the great map of mankind is unravelled at once, and there is no state or gradation of barbarism, and no mode of refinement, which... | |
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