The intelligent secular historian, who Surveys the rise and growth of European nations, counts the death of Christ among the most vital and influential of powers for good.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Steps back and Surveys the timepiece, whose hands clearly indicate a time long passed or not yet come.
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma
Robertson's theories are, I take it, superseded: but his books, especially the Charles V., not only gave broad Surveys but suggested generalisations as to the development of institutions, which, like most generalisations, were mainly wrong, but stimulated further inquiry.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen