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We must consider how very little history there is; I mean real, authentic history. That certain kings reigned and certain battles were fought we can depend upon as true; but all the coloring, all the philosophy of history, is conjecture.
We must consider how very little history there is; I mean real, authentic history. That certain kings reigned and certain battles were fought we can depend upon as true; but all the coloring, all the philosophy of history, is conjecture.
Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Samuel Johnson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 119 · printed citation: Johnson · subject: History
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