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VIII. An Essay upon the Principles of Historical Composition; with an Application of those Principles to the Writings of Tacitus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 January 2013
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The proofs of found judgment in the writings of Tacitus are extremely numerous. From the choice of his subjects, he appears to have been perfectly acquainted with the nature and the extent of his own powers. Though he was considerably advanced in life before he began to write history, yet the closeness of his application enabled him to unfold that wisdom which his experience had furnished. In spite of an ardent love of fame, he avoided the rock upon which most authors, split, and wisely forbore to solicit the attention of the public, till he could for certain command its respect.
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- Papers Read Before the Society
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- Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , 1788 , pp. 181 - 209
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page 182 note * Hist. lib. 1. cap. ?.
page 183 note * Ann. lib. 4. cap. 32.
page 183 note † Hist. lib. 1. cap. 1.
page 184 note * Ann. lib. 15. cap. 10.
page 184 note † Ann. lib. 6. cap. 39.
page 185 note * Ann. lib. 3. cap. 30.
page 186 note * Ann. lib. 2. cap. 87.
page 186 note † Ann. lib. 6. cap. 51.
page 186 note ‡ Ann. lib. 2. cap. 88.
page 187 note * Ann. lib. 2. cap. 57.
page 187 note † Ann. lib. I. cap. 20.
page 187 note ‡ Hist. lib. 1. cap. 29.
page 188 note * Ann. lib. 14. cap. 62.
page 191 note * Hor. de Arte Poet. v. 31.
page 192 note * Vol. 1. p. 75.
page 194 note * Vit. Agric. cap. 45.
page 194 note † De Mor. Germ. cap. 1.
page 194 note ‡ Hist. lib. 1. cap. 65.
page 194 note *∥ Bishop of Worcester.
page 195 note * Ann. lib. 12. cap. 64.
page 196 note * Hist. lib. 1. cap. 39.
page 196 note † Hist. lib. 2; cap. 28.
page 196 note ‡ Ann. lib. 6. cap. 16.
page 197 note * De vita Agric. cap. 9.
page 197 note † Hist. lib. 1. cap. 49.
page 197 note ‡ Ann. lib. 3. cap. 6.
page 198 note * Bell. Jug. cap. 18.
page 198 note † Bell. cap. 52.
page 198 note ‡ Ann. lib. 11. cap. 10.
page 198 note ∥ Cic. de Orat.
page 198 note § Cic. Ep. ad Att. lib. 1. cap. 11.
page 198 note ** Cic. Acad. Quæst. lib. 4. cap. 4.
page 199 note * Pliny, lib. 24. cap. 14.
page 199 note † Justin, lib. 4. cap. 1. 8.
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page 200 note § Ann. lib. 2. cap. 22.
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page 201 note † Cic. in Bruto, 89.
page 201 note ‡ Ann. lib. 14. cap. 59.
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page 202 note † And. act. 1. sc. 3. 11.
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page 203 note † Hist. lib. 2. cap. 95.
page 204 note * Ann. lib. 4. cap. 16.
page 204 note † I Might here state the precise meaning of Penes at greater length, by shewing the difference between it and Apud, with which it is sometimes confounded; but I reserve an analysis of the Latin prepositions as the subject of future consideration.
page 204 note ‡ Ovid, Fast. 1. 119.
page 204 note ∥ Cic. de Cl. Or. 142.
page 204 note § Ter. Hec. act. 4. sc. 1. 20.
page 205 note * Ann. lib. 6. cap. 45.
page 205 note † Ann. lib. 1. cap. 28.
page 205 note ‡ Ann. lib. 3. cap. 64.
page 205 note ∥ Ann. lib. 12. cap. 29.
page 206 note * Ann. lib. 4. cap. 9.
page 206 note † Hesiod. Ep. 5. 788.
page 206 note ‡ Ann. lib. 6. cap. 9.
page 206 note ∥ Hist. lib. 1. cap. 85.
page 208 note * Melanges de Litterature, tom. 3. Morceaux de Tacite.
page 208 note † Hist. vol. 1. p. 325.