Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people who bore a part in them, and gives us more clear glimpses into the true English life of the times than all the other memorials of them that have come down to our own. Notes and Queries - Page 4991851Full view - About this book
| Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1850 - 310 pages
...work of standard importance in English literature."—Athenaam. " Pepys' Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people...that have come down to our own."— Edinburgh Review. " There is much in Pepys' Diary that throws a distinct and vivid light over the picture of England... | |
| James Phillips Fletcher - 1850 - 344 pages
...the Monarchs, and the times, in more vivid colours than any one else. His Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people...them that have come down to our own." — Edinburgh Renew. " The best book of its kind in the English language. The new matter is extremely curious, and... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1850 - 450 pages
...the Monarchs, and the times, in more vivid colours than any one else. His Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people...memorials of them that have come down to our own." ATHENJ3UM. " The best book of its kind in the English language. The new matter is eitremely curious,... | |
| William Howitt - 1850 - 482 pages
...the Monarchs, and the times, in more vivid colours than any one else. His Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people...other memorials of them that have come down to our own."—Edinburgh Semew. " The best hook of its kind in the English language. The new matter is extremely... | |
| John Evelyn - 1850 - 416 pages
...the Monarchs, anil the times, in more vivid colours than any one else. His Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people...glimpses into the true English life of the times than ull the other memorials of them that have come down to our own."—Edinburgh Renew. " The best hook... | |
| James Phillips Fletcher - 1850 - 402 pages
...the Monarchs, and the times, in more vivid colours than any one else. His Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people...more clear glimpses into the true English life of uie times than all the other memorials of them that have come down to our own." — Edinburgh Review.... | |
| Thomas Adolphus Trollope - 1850 - 440 pages
...the Monurrhs, and the times, in more vivid colours than any one else. His Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people who bore a part in them, and pives us more clear glimpses into the true English life of the times than all the other memorials of... | |
| Guglielmo Pepe - 1850 - 362 pages
...the Monarchs, and the times, in more vivid colours than any one else. His Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people who bore a part in them, and {rives us more clear glimpses into the true English life of the times than all the other memorials... | |
| John Evelyn - 1850 - 512 pages
...additions that could be made to the library of the general reader. " Pepys' Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people who bore a part m them, and gives us more clear glimpses into the true English life of the times than all the other... | |
| Fredrika Bremer - 1850 - 256 pages
...the Monarchs, and the times, in more vivid colours than any one else. His Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people who bore a p:irt in them, and gives us more clear glimpses into the true English life of the times than all the... | |
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