Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Tauchnitz, 1850 |
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Pagina 6
... course . We shall attempt , with the valuable assis- tance which Mr. Montagu has afforded us , to frame such an account of Bacon's life as may enable our readers correctly to estimate his character . It is hardly necessary to say that ...
... course . We shall attempt , with the valuable assis- tance which Mr. Montagu has afforded us , to frame such an account of Bacon's life as may enable our readers correctly to estimate his character . It is hardly necessary to say that ...
Pagina 16
... course included , are of greater value than all the books which at the beginning of that period were extant in the world . With the modern languages of Europe English women are at least as well acquainted as English men . When ...
... course included , are of greater value than all the books which at the beginning of that period were extant in the world . With the modern languages of Europe English women are at least as well acquainted as English men . When ...
Pagina 18
... course of study pursued there , a fixed con- viction that the system of academic education in England was radically vicious , a just scorn for the trifles on which the followers of Aristotle had wasted their powers , and no great ...
... course of study pursued there , a fixed con- viction that the system of academic education in England was radically vicious , a just scorn for the trifles on which the followers of Aristotle had wasted their powers , and no great ...
Pagina 24
... men of letters and of men of the sword ; who was the common refuge of the persecuted Catholic and of the perse- cuted Puritan . The calm prudence which had enabled Bur- leigh to shape his course through so many dangers , 24 LORD BACON .
... men of letters and of men of the sword ; who was the common refuge of the persecuted Catholic and of the perse- cuted Puritan . The calm prudence which had enabled Bur- leigh to shape his course through so many dangers , 24 LORD BACON .
Pagina 25
Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1st Baron). leigh to shape his course through so many dangers , and the vast experience which he had acquired in dealing with two generations of colleagues and rivals , seemed scarcely suf- ficient to ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1st Baron). leigh to shape his course through so many dangers , and the vast experience which he had acquired in dealing with two generations of colleagues and rivals , seemed scarcely suf- ficient to ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1903 |
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