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Definition of Histories
1. history [n] - See also: history
Lexicographical Neighbors of Histories
Literary usage of Histories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"The histories of Herodotus, of Xenophon, of Thucydides, of Polybius, in effect
make for the glorification, not of individuals, but of peoples. HW — YOL. ..."
2. Source Book and Bibliographical Guide for American Church History by Peter George Mode (1921)
"CHAPTER I SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL Histories In entering upon a study of the
... should early acquaint himself with the standard general histories. ..."
3. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1895)
"INTRODUCTION Old and new histories of art.— Seeming " restlessness " of the
nineteenth century,—To recognise "style" in modern art, and to prove the logic ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1892)
"There are portraits of Kerr and his wife, ascribed to Sir Antonio Mora [qv],
preserved at Newbattle. [Histories of Knox and Calderwood ..."
5. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"... for, during the first half of the eighteenth century, several histories of
England appeared which, in spite of gross defects, found many readers. ..."
6. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1859)
"... Cambridge—Family Histories—" Turkish Spy "—Orchards—Oratory—Origin of Language—
Madnes*-Rer. James Compton. IN 1783 he was more severely afflicted than ..."
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