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Excerpt from The Eighteen Christian Centuries
If we could affix to each century as characteristic 3. Presentment as those portraits do of the steel-clad hero Of Towton, or the be-wigged, be-buckled courtier Of George the Second, our Object would be gained. We should see a whole history in a glance at a century's face. If it were peculiarly marked by nature or accident, so much the more easy would it be to recognise the like ness. If the century was a warlike, quarrelsome century, and had scars across its brow; if it was a learned, plod ding century, and wore spectacles On nose; if it was a frivolous, gay century, and simpered forever behind bouquets Of flowers, or tripped on fantastic toe with a jewelled rapier at its side, there would be no mistaking the resemblance; there would also be no chance Of con fusing the actions: the legal century would not fight, the dancing century would not, depose its king. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.