Critical and Historical EssaysLongmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874 - 855 pagina's |
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Pagina 3
... less is it thus with poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts himself owned , whether he had not been | years to mathematics , learn more than born " an age too late . " For this no- the great Newton knew after ...
... less is it thus with poetry . The progress of refinement rarely supplies these arts himself owned , whether he had not been | years to mathematics , learn more than born " an age too late . " For this no- the great Newton knew after ...
Pagina 6
... less in its ob- vious meaning than in its occult power , There would seem , at first sight , to be no more in his words than in other words . But they are words of en- chantment . No sooner are they pro- nounced , than the past is ...
... less in its ob- vious meaning than in its occult power , There would seem , at first sight , to be no more in his words than in other words . But they are words of en- chantment . No sooner are they pro- nounced , than the past is ...
Pagina 8
... less struggle against a defect inherent in the nature of that species of com- position ; and he has therefore suc- ceeded , wherever success was not im- possible . The speeches must be read as majestic soliloquies ; and he who so reads ...
... less struggle against a defect inherent in the nature of that species of com- position ; and he has therefore suc- ceeded , wherever success was not im- possible . The speeches must be read as majestic soliloquies ; and he who so reads ...
Pagina 9
... less on what they directly represent than on what they remotely suggest . However strange , however grotesque , may be the appearance which Dante under- takes to describe , he never shrinks from describing it . He gives us the shape ...
... less on what they directly represent than on what they remotely suggest . However strange , however grotesque , may be the appearance which Dante under- takes to describe , he never shrinks from describing it . He gives us the shape ...
Pagina 14
... less strik - plained so bitterly . Though they were ing , according as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less in- teresting . But they are , almost with- out exception , dignified by a sobriety and greatness of mind to ...
... less strik - plained so bitterly . Though they were ing , according as the occasions which gave birth to them are more or less in- teresting . But they are , almost with- out exception , dignified by a sobriety and greatness of mind to ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1901 |
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absurd admiration appeared army authority Bacon believe Bengal Catholic century character Charles Church Church of England Church of Rome Clive conduct Council Court Crown defend doctrines Duke Dupleix eminent enemies England English Europe evil favour feeling France French Gladstone Hampden Hastings honour House of Bourbon House of Commons human hundred India James judge King letters liberty lived Long Parliament Lord Lord Byron manner means ment mind ministers moral Nabob nation nature never noble Novum Organum Nuncomar Omichund opinion Parliament party passed persecuted person Pitt poet poetry political Prince principles produced Protestant Protestantism Puritans racter reason reform reign religion religious respect Revolution Rome scarcely seems Southey sovereign Spain spirit statesman strong talents Temple thing thought thousand tion took Tories truth Walpole Whigs whole writer