 | British essayists - 1802 - 360 pages
...Lord HAILES'S Annals of Scotland have not that pointed form which is the taste of this age; but it is a book which will always sell, it has such a stability...and such a punctuality of citation, I never before read Scotch history with certainty." Lest this notice of Lord HAILES should seem disproportioned to... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1803 - 624 pages
...Lord Haile-'s Annals of Scotland have not that pointed form which is the taste of this age; but it is a book which will always sell, it has such a stability of datts, surh a certainty of facts, and sucn a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scutch history... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...Annals of Scotland' (said he) have not that painted form which is the taste of • this age; but it is a book which will always' sell, it has such a stability...and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history with certainty.'* Talking of antiquarian researches, Johnson said, " All that is... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...body and mind, and perhaps, make him commit something for which he may deserve to be hanged." , 1776. book which will always sell, it has such a stability...such a certainty of facts, and such a punctuality 67. of citation. I never before read Scotch history with certainty." I asked him whether he would advise... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 374 pages
...Lord HAILES'S Annals of Scotland have not that pointed form which is the taste of this age; but it is a book which will always sell, it has such a stability of dales, Such a certainty of facts, and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 530 pages
...Biographia Britannica, and many periodical publications. Of what may be termed his original compositions, the principal are, " Annals of Scotland, from the...concerning the Antiquity of the Christian Church," 17-S3; and "An Enquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr, Gibbon has assigned for the rapid Growth... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1810 - 532 pages
...termed his original compositions, the principal are, " Annals of Scotland, from the Accession of Maleolm Canmore to the Accession of the House of Stuart,"...certainty;"* " Disquisitions concerning the Antiquity of the ChristianChurch," 1783; and "An Enquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr. Gibbon has assigned for... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 544 pages
...Lord Hailes's Annals of Scotland have not that pointed form which is the taste of this age ; but it is a book which will always sell — it has such a stability...and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history with certainty." The erudition of lord Hailes, says his friend the late lord Woodhouslee,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 542 pages
...pointed form which is the taste of this age; but it is a book which will always sell—it has, soch a stability of dates, such a certainty of facts, and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history with certainty." The erudition of lord Hailes, says his friend the late lord Woodhouslee,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1816 - 500 pages
...which is the taste of this age ; but it is a book which will always sell, it has such a sta* bility of dates, such a certainty of facts, and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history with certainty." I asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with... | |
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Annals of Scotland' have not that painted form which is the taste of this age ; but it is a book which will always sell, it has such a stability of dates, such a certainty of facts, and such a punctuality of citation. I never before read Scotch history... 
