 The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But, by judicious selection,...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Pagina 65door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 744 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1828 - 608 pagina’s
...ihose imperial, royal, and serene sovereigns, who form their judgment of our island from having cone in state to a few fine sights, and from having held...subordination is observed ; some transactions are nrominent, others retire. Hut the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished, not... | |
 | 1858 - 974 pagina’s
...fine illustration of what he would call, a " perfect history." Says he, in his Essay on History, " The perfect historian is he in whose work the character...; some transactions are prominent, others retire. 1 THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. Jl History. By JOHN LOTHRUI' MOTLEY. Volumes. New York : Harper &... | |
 | 1849 - 782 pagina’s
...Macaulay is eloquently giveu, iu his description of what history should be. " The perfect historian ia he, in whose work, the character and spirit of an...fiction. In his narrative, a due subordination is preserved : some transactions are prominent, others retire. But the scale, on which he represents them,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 pagina’s
...domestic hearth. He must bear with vulgar expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even the retreats of misery. He who wishes to understand the condition...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pagina’s
...domestic hearth. He must bear with vulgar expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even the retreats ay according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pagina’s
...expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even thr 'etreats of misery. He who wishes to unde.-stand s hated by the prince, whom he had all but nude a...reputation were staked on the same ven ture with B ' the scale on which he represents them is i creased or diminished, not according to tl • dignity... | |
 | 1856 - 560 pagina’s
...trait; he can paint, and justly paint, any manners he chooses. " A perfect historian," he tells us, " is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 516 pagina’s
...ten thousand counters," to be a guest at " ten thousand fire" A perfect historian," he tells us, " is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed—some transactions are prominent, others retire; but the scale on which he represents them... | |
 | 1858 - 572 pagina’s
...a " perfect history." Says he, in his Essay on History, " The perfect historian is he in whose wurk the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in...; some transactions are prominent, others retire. • THE RISB OF THE DCTCH REPUBLIC, A History. By JOHN LOTHIIOP MOTLEY. In three Volumes. New York... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 424 pagina’s
...domestic hearth. He must bear with vulgar expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even the retreats of misery. He who wishes to understand the condition...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
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