annalist
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Nevertheless, it is not for us to guestimate the workload of an annalist of the Floridian ancien regime.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2016
The Historical Romance is founded on history, but it differs from it in the most essential particulars, and is relieved from the principal difficulties with which the annalist of actual occurrences has to contend.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
So late as the seventeenth century the annalist Mac Firbis discovered that many of the inhabitants of Connacht traced their descent to these same Firbolgs.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
In 1795, the year of the yellow fever plague, Bernard Hart rendered heroic service, as is testified by a contemporary annalist.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Henry Childs Merwin
After this the pace slackened, and we need no longer cling to the methods of the annalist.
From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
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