Lecky has not chosen to deal with events in chronological order, nor does he present the details of personal, party, or military affaire. The work is rather an attempt 'to disengage from the great mass of facts those which relate to the permanent forces... The Monitor - Página 1811879Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1878 - 612 páginas
...personal and party incidents which form so large a part of political annals. It has been my object to disengage from the great mass of facts those which...some of the more enduring features of national life. The growth or decline of the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the democracy, of the Church and of Dissent,... | |
| 1878 - 684 páginas
...a method of its own. The author does not describe the period in order of events, but has disengaged from the great mass of facts those which relate to...permanent forces of the nation, or which indicate the enduring feamres of national life, such as the growth or decline of the monarchy, aristocracy,... | |
| 1875 - 526 páginas
...personal and party incidents which form so large a part of political annals. It has been his object to disengage from the great mass of facts those which...some of the more enduring features of national life. The subjects on which he has especially dilated are : the growth or decline of the Monarchy, the Aristocracy,... | |
| Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1879 - 550 páginas
...himself to give a broad general view, rather than a detailed account ; thinking it more important ' to disengage from the great mass of facts those which...permanent forces of the nation, or which indicate the more enduring features of national life ; the growth or decline of the monarchy, the aristocracy... | |
| 1878 - 646 páginas
...personal and party incidents which form so large a part of political annals. It has been my object to disengage from the great mass of facts those which...some of the more enduring features of national life. The growth or decline of the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the democracy, of the Church and of Dissent,... | |
| 1878 - 794 páginas
...however unconsciously, described the leading characteristics of his own work. Impartiality, in an attempt to " disengage from the great mass of facts those...some of the more enduring features of national life," is at once more unusual and more impflrtant than in almost any other method of historic inquiry. Personal... | |
| 1878 - 596 páginas
...personal and party incidents which form so large a part of political annals. It has been my object to disengage from the great mass of facts those which...some of the more enduring features of national life. The growth or decline of the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the democracy, of the Church and of Dissent,... | |
| 1878 - 802 páginas
...personal and party Incidents, which form so large a part of political annalx. It has been my object to disengage from the great mass of facts those which...some of the more enduring features of national life. The growth or decline of the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the democracy, of the Church and of Dissent,... | |
| Edward Beecher - 1878 - 372 páginas
...history; and, instead of giving a dry narrative of events year by year, it has been Mr. Lecky's object " to disengage from the great mass of facts those which...some of the more enduring features of national life, and to present the growth or decline of monarchy, the aristocracy, and the democracy, of the Church... | |
| 1878 - 656 páginas
...history; and, instead of giving » dry narrative of events year by year, it has been Mr. Lecky's object " to disengage from the great mass of facts those which...some of the more enduring features of national life, and to present the growth or decline of monarchy, the aristocracy, and the democracy, of the Church... | |
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