 | 1918 - 1062 דפים
...preface to his bock, ' Eminent Victorians ' (London: Chat to & Windus), Mr Lytton Strachey says that "the history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it." Mr Strachey, at any rate, dces not seem to suffer from this disability of knowledge. The acquaintance... | |
 | Lytton Strachey - 1918 - 412 דפים
...^ -• /HARVARD\ (UNIVERSITY! LIBRARY I JUN 2 1959 I ttbt mrtckcrboclier preen, «ew JJork 00 HTJN PREFACE THE history of the Victorian Age will never...the historian — ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art. Concerning... | |
 | Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Frank Crane - 1918 - 468 דפים
...in an introduction, wherein he sets forth his interesting ideal of the neglected art of biography: "The history of the Victorian Age will never be written...of the historian — ignorance which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art. "Concerning... | |
 | Lytton Strachey - 1918 - 392 דפים
...YORK AND LONDON Ube KnfcfcerbocKer press 1918 UNIVERSITY; VLIBRARY Sbe Knlckcrboclur PTCM, Tk« HTJN PREFACE THE history of the Victorian Age will never...about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian—ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection... | |
 | 1918 - 968 דפים
...the preface to his book, Eminent Victorians (London: Chatto & Windus), Mr. Lytton Strachey says that 'the history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it.' Mr. Strachey, at any rate, does not seem to suffer from this disability of knowledge. The acquaintance... | |
 | Stuart Petre Brodie Mais - 1920 - 356 דפים
...with which he prefaces his first essay in biography. " The history of the Victorian Age," he begins, " will never be written : we know too much about it....the historian — ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art. ... It... | |
 | 1921 - 610 דפים
...difficulties, and one in which he needs most guidance. Perhaps, after all, Mr. Lytton Strachey is right : "The history of the Victorian Age will never be written ; we know too much about it." JH MANN The Good Government of Glamorgan: The Case for County Borough Areas. By JT MABDY JONES. (Published... | |
 | 1921 - 592 דפים
...difficulties, and one in which he needs most guidance. Perhaps, after all, Mr. Lytton Strachey is right : "The history of the Victorian Age will never be written ; we know too much about it." JH MANN The Good Government o/ Glamorgan: The Case for County Borough Areas. By JT MARDY JONES. (Published... | |
 | 1922 - 724 דפים
...samling övermåttan klarsynta biografier 'Eminent Victorians' (London 1918) med följande reflexion: "The history of the Victorian Age will never be written...: we know too much about it. For ignorance is the firat requisite of the historian — ignorance, wich simplifios and clarifies, which selects and omits,... | |
 | William McKinley Runyan - 1988 - 324 דפים
...declared, because "we know too much about it." He went on to say, tongue planted blithely in cheek, that "ignorance is the first requisite of the historian— ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art." And... | |
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THE history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian — ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the... 
