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" ... this profound darkness falls upon us just on the eve of the restoration of letters, and when the art of printing was already known in Europe. "
The battle of Bosworth-field, between Richard the third, and Henry earl of ... - Page xiv
by William Hutton - 1813 - 10 pages
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Characters of the Kings and Queens of England: Selected from ..., Volumes 1-2

1786 - 460 pages
...and it is remarkable, that tjiis profound darknefs falls upon us juft on the eve of the reftoration of letters, and when the art of printing was already known in Europe. All we can diftinguifh with certainty, through the deep cloud which covers that period, is a fcene...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 80

1789 - 746 pages
...remarkable," fays Mr. Hume, " that this profound jdarknefs falls upon us jufton the eve of the reftoration of letters, and when the art of printing was already known in Europe." But this latter circumftance, this recent and great acquirement, and which, in the opinion of that writer, might be...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 80

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1789 - 742 pages
...remarkable," fays Mr. Hume, " that this profound darknefs falls upon us jufton the eve of the reftoration of letters, and when the art of -printing was already known in Europe." But this latter circunvftance, this recent and great acquirement, and which, in the opinion of that writer, might be...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 4

David Hume - 1789 - 474 pages
...and it is remarkable, that this profound darknefs falls upon us jufl on the eve of the relloration of letters, and when the art of Printing was already known in Europe. All we can diftinguifh with certainty through the deep cloud, which covers that period , is a fcene...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 3

David Hume - 1807 - 482 pages
...in which they almost all agree, are incredible and contradicted by records ;* and it is remarkable, that this profound darkness falls upon us just on...when the art of printing was already known in Europe. All we can distinguish with certainty through the deep cloud which covers that period, is a scene of...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the ..., Volume 3

David Hume - 1810 - 514 pages
...in which they almost all agree, are incredible and contradicted by records;* and it is remarkable, that this profound darkness falls upon us just on...when the art of printing was already known in Europe. All we can distinguish with certainty through the deep cloud which covers that period, is a scene of...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 4

David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 386 pages
...of the more recent historians not being yet sufficiently dispersed, these histories have perished. darkness falls upon us just on the eve of the restoration...when the art of printing was already known in Europe. All we can distinguish with certainty through the deep cloud which covers that period, is a scene of...
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The Parterre, Volume 2

1835 - 428 pages
...incredible, and contradicted by records ; and it is remarkable, that this profound darkness falls * Hamlet. upon us, just on the eve of the restoration of letters,...when the art of printing was already known in Europe. All we can distinguish with certainty, through the deep cloud which covers that period, is a scene...
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The Parterre of fiction, poetry, history [&c.]., Volume 2

1835 - 428 pages
...incredible, and contradicted by records; and it is remarkable, that this profound darkness falls • Hamlet. upon us, just on the eve of the restoration of letters,...when the art of printing was already known in Europe. All we can distinguish with certainty, through the deep cloud which covers that period, is a scene...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 2

David Hume - 1841 - 648 pages
...in which they almost all agree, are incredible and contradicted by records™; and it is remarkable, that this profound darkness falls upon us just on...letters, and when the art of printing was already 1 Fabian, fol. 217. m See note [S], at the end of the volume. known in Europe. All we can distinguish...
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