the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Thomas Leland : All the Orations of Demosthenes Translated into En

Read...Demosthenes and ...Lelands translation. This is the 4th Greek work I have read thro' and I certainly feel considerably improved.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Lister      

Thomas Leland : History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II, The

'[letter from Johnson to Charles O' Connor] Dr. Leland begins his history too late: the ages which deserve an exact enquiry are those times (for such there were) when Ireland was the school of the west, the quiet habitation of sanctity and literature.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson      Print: Book

Thomas Leland : The History of the Life and Reign of Philip, King of Macedon

[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 27 November 1765:] 'What an agreeable fellow was that Philip of Macedon! We are reading his history; but the wise and elegant Athenians put me out of all patience, they are so like moderns: and all the Greeks of that time, some three or four excepted, appear such arrant scoundrels, that Philip, who was a clever scoundrel and made fools of them all, appears to great advantage.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Catherine Talbot and family     Print: Book

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