Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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الصفحة xii
... rules , but submis- sive to laws ; praising warmly , but at the same time , judging keenly ; and as intolerant of faults as sensitive to merits . The style , both of the historical xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MACAULAY .
... rules , but submis- sive to laws ; praising warmly , but at the same time , judging keenly ; and as intolerant of faults as sensitive to merits . The style , both of the historical xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MACAULAY .
الصفحة xiii
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. to merits . The style , both of the historical and critical articles , is substantially the style of Macaulay's more celebrated essays . There is less energy and freedom of movement , a larger ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. to merits . The style , both of the historical and critical articles , is substantially the style of Macaulay's more celebrated essays . There is less energy and freedom of movement , a larger ...
الصفحة xxviii
... merits of research and generalization placed it among the great historical works of the century . Its circulation , large in England , was immense in the United States ; and in every portion of the world . where English literature is ...
... merits of research and generalization placed it among the great historical works of the century . Its circulation , large in England , was immense in the United States ; and in every portion of the world . where English literature is ...
الصفحة 18
... merit , can at least appreciate and adore you . Beings of similar loveliness , and simi- lar devotedness of affection , mingled , in all my boyish dreams of greatness , with visions of curule chairs and ivory cars , marshalled legions ...
... merit , can at least appreciate and adore you . Beings of similar loveliness , and simi- lar devotedness of affection , mingled , in all my boyish dreams of greatness , with visions of curule chairs and ivory cars , marshalled legions ...
الصفحة 20
... merit , they must also possess the power to depress it . Which power will be more frequently exercised , let every one who has studied lir- rary history , let every one who has studied human nature , declare . Envy and faction insinuate ...
... merit , they must also possess the power to depress it . Which power will be more frequently exercised , let every one who has studied lir- rary history , let every one who has studied human nature , declare . Envy and faction insinuate ...
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