Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Hurd and Houghton, 1873 |
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الصفحة ix
... knowledge , and taste for general literature . In 1819 he gained the chancellor's medal for a poem on the subject of Pompeii , and in 1821 the same prize for one on Evening . For these , and for all composi- tions of the kind , he ...
... knowledge , and taste for general literature . In 1819 he gained the chancellor's medal for a poem on the subject of Pompeii , and in 1821 the same prize for one on Evening . For these , and for all composi- tions of the kind , he ...
الصفحة xiii
... knowledge , on small subjects as well as great : he is like a book in breeches . " Indeed , politics and liter- ature had , from the first , attractions too strong for him to resist ; and before he entered on the practice of his ...
... knowledge , on small subjects as well as great : he is like a book in breeches . " Indeed , politics and liter- ature had , from the first , attractions too strong for him to resist ; and before he entered on the practice of his ...
الصفحة xix
... knowledge , and richness of dic- tion . This was the speech which he delivered as Sec- retary of the Board of Control , in July 1833 , on the new India Bill of the Whig government . Few per- sons were in the house ; but Jeffrey , who ...
... knowledge , and richness of dic- tion . This was the speech which he delivered as Sec- retary of the Board of Control , in July 1833 , on the new India Bill of the Whig government . Few per- sons were in the house ; but Jeffrey , who ...
الصفحة xxxi
... knowledge of English nistory . There was no drudgery he would not endure in order to obtain the most trivial fact which illustrated the opinions or the manners of any particular age . Indeed , the minute- ness of his information ...
... knowledge of English nistory . There was no drudgery he would not endure in order to obtain the most trivial fact which illustrated the opinions or the manners of any particular age . Indeed , the minute- ness of his information ...
الصفحة xxxiv
... interpretative biography , in which the character of the biographer appears chiefly to give unity to the representation of facts and the application of principles . The amount of knowledge each of them xxxiv BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MACAULAY.
... interpretative biography , in which the character of the biographer appears chiefly to give unity to the representation of facts and the application of principles . The amount of knowledge each of them xxxiv BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MACAULAY.
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الصفحة 430 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
الصفحة 390 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
الصفحة 267 - There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language ; no book which shows so well how rich that language is in its own proper wealth, and how little it has been improved by all that it has borrowed.
الصفحة 322 - The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
الصفحة 332 - Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
الصفحة 324 - We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. . . . The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and, when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is the matter inferior to the manner. It would be difficult to name a book which exhibits more kindness, fairness, and modesty.
الصفحة 256 - He had been rescued by no common deliverer, from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice.
الصفحة 413 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure...
الصفحة 266 - Thou runagate, heretic, and traitor, hast thou heard what these honest gentlemen have witnessed against thee? Faithful. May I speak a few words in my own defence? Judge. Sirrah, Sirrah, thou deservest to live no longer, but to be slain immediately upon the place; yet that all men may see our gentleness towards thee, let us hear what thou, vile runagate, hast to say.
الصفحة 251 - Then came those days, never to be recalled without a blush, the days of servitude without loyalty and sensuality without love, of dwarfish talents and gigantic vices, the paradise of cold hearts and narrow minds, the golden age of the coward, the bigot, and the slave.