Instructions for history with a character of the most considerable historians, ancient and modern / out of the French, by J. Davies of Kidwelly.
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Instructions for history with a character of the most considerable historians, ancient and modern / out of the French, by J. Davies of Kidwelly.
Author
Rapin, René, 1621-1687.
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London :: Printed by A.G. and J.P. ...,
1680.
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Historiography -- Early works to 1800.
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"Instructions for history with a character of the most considerable historians, ancient and modern / out of the French, by J. Davies of Kidwelly." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A58058.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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The Heads.
THe Design of the Work 1
I. How History ought to be written 3
II. What it is to write Nobly 4
III. What it is to write with a constant Contex∣ture
of sound Sence 7
IV. What it is to write Purely 11
V. Of the Simplicity of Writing 14
VI. The Matter of History 19
VII. The Form of History 24
VIII. The Design and End of History 28
IX. That Truth is the onely means whereby Hi∣story
advances towards its end, and how it is
found 31
X. The Style proper to History 36
XI. Whether the Noble Style, or the Florid, be
more proper for History 40
XII. Narration 44
XIII. Transitions 50
XIV. The Circumstances of Narration 53
XV. Motives 58
XVI. Figures 64
XVII. Passions 67
XVIII. Descriptions 70
XIX. Harangues 73
XX. The Characters of Persons 78
XXI. Reflections and Sentences 83
...
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...XXII. Digressions 88
XXIII. The Eloquence proper to History 94
XXIV. Other Imbellishments that may be im∣ploy'd
in History 98
XXV. The Sentiments which ought to be con∣spicuous
and pr••dominant in History 102
XXVI. What Genius the Historian ought to be
of 106
XXVII. The Morality of the Historian 113
XXVIII. A Judgment of Historians 123
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