\His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L.
historicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. historique. See {History}.]
Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events;
as, an historical poem; the historic page. --
{His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n.
      There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope.
{Historical painting}, that branch of painting which
   represents the events of history.
{Historical sense}, that meaning of a passage which is
   deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under
   which it was written.
{The historic sense}, the capacity to conceive and represent
   the unity and significance of a past era or age.