Specimen Chapters of the History of Philadelphia - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 135556705X ISBN 13 : 9781355567059

Editeur : Palala Press, 2016

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Pulchra duos infer sita Stat Philadelphia rivos ;I nter quos duo sunt niillin louga via. Delawar hie major, Sculkil minor ille vacatur; India et Suevis notus utorque diu. .52dibus ornatur multis urbs limite longo, Quae parva emicuit tempore magna brevi. Hie plateas mensor spatiis delineat acquis, Et domui recto est ordine juncta domus. Thomas Makin, In landes Pennsylvaniapcema, 1729. History, as men have come to-learn, is not simply the annals of kings and queens, of factions and parties, nor must it rest with recording the battles and movements of armies and the proceedings of parliaments and assemblies. To satisfy intelligent inquiry, to instruct as well as amuse, it should present a picture of the country and the people, and show how external circumstances and internal relations have reciprocally acted one upon the other to mould character and determine events. The court, the forum, the public assemblage are not to be neglected, but the full history of a country or a period cannot be written until we have accompanied the people to their firesides, and seen how they lived, ate, dressed, thought, spoke, and looked. The historian should be an artist, full of sincerity, full of imagination, and even a degree of sentiment for his work, but that work must be founded in the first instance upon close, accurate, exhaustive study of the age, tire men, the manners and customs, and all the private concerns, as well as the public performances of the community which is dealt with. In the pursuit of such inquiries nothing which is relevant can be trivial, for history resembles a post-mortem examination, which must be so conducted as to enable us not only to reconstruct an Notk. The author wishes to state in advance that not only the present chapter, but much of all that succeeds it, lias been preparedin association with Thompson Westcott, and with the indispensable aid
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 135556705X
• ISBN 13: 9781355567059
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 206
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible