Historians

Examples

• It need hardly be remarked that his use both of Greek and of Roman historians and of the sacred writings of the Jews is wholly uncritical. Plato. The Republic.
• But historians must stand to the questions a politician can evade. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Passing from the slumber of the middle ages, we are assured by some Spanish historians that one Blasco de Garay, in 1543, propelled a ship having paddle wheels by steam at Barcelona. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Some historians declare explicitly that there was a treaty to that effect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Historians say that he Hellenized the east. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nearly all historians are disposed to regard the career of Alexander the Great as marking an epoch in human affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It may be presumed the historians of the American revolution will exhibit them in proper colours. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It is the custom of historians to treat these struggles with extreme respect. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Emperor Maximilian I is still called the last of the knights; by German historians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The early historians Hecat?us and Herodotus travelled widely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There was really none of the genius about which historians write so glibly in this decision. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But so did the Moslem historians, because of that mosque at Canton, and so did the Christian writers, because of the Nestorian envoys (631). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Italy was indeed at that time almost a desert; the Lombard historians assert they came into an empty country. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And I suppose most of the owners of Americana are not historians either? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It is nonsense for historians to write of the political instincts of the Romans or Carthaginians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This was probably a much more important factor in the relative backwardness of Europe during the dark ages than historians seem disposed to admit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Little value is now attached to this tale by modern historians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Historians tell us that man was able to count long before he was able to write. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But the propaganda continues and the philosophy spreads, penetrating reform groups, social workers, historians, and sociologists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• No; very few of the historians can afford to buy them. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The historians have seen fit to fabricate a quite impossible last dying speech for him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Historians tell us that the very idea of progress in well-being is not much older than, say, Shakespeare's plays. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The Spanish historians record with applause one famous instance of it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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