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Pagina 65
But he was evidently neither the one nor the other . His works prove , beyond all
contradiction , that his understanding was strong , his taste pure , and his sense
of the ridiculous exquisitely keen . VOL . 1 . This is strange : and yet the strangest
...
But he was evidently neither the one nor the other . His works prove , beyond all
contradiction , that his understanding was strong , his taste pure , and his sense
of the ridiculous exquisitely keen . VOL . 1 . This is strange : and yet the strangest
...
Pagina 67
Thus a strong democratic spirit was called into action . The Carlovingian
sovereigns were too imbecile to subdue it . The generous policy of Otho
encouraged it . It might perhaps have been suppressed by it close coalition
between the Church ...
Thus a strong democratic spirit was called into action . The Carlovingian
sovereigns were too imbecile to subdue it . The generous policy of Otho
encouraged it . It might perhaps have been suppressed by it close coalition
between the Church ...
Pagina 85
Ample and majestic foreheads , brows strong and dark , but not frowning , eyes of
which the calm full gaze , while it expresses nothing , seems to discern every
thing , cheeks pale with thought and sedentary habits , lips formed with feminine
...
Ample and majestic foreheads , brows strong and dark , but not frowning , eyes of
which the calm full gaze , while it expresses nothing , seems to discern every
thing , cheeks pale with thought and sedentary habits , lips formed with feminine
...
Pagina 89
... awkwardness , obstinacy , and confusion . Cloten is an arrogant fool , Osric a
foppish fool , Ajax a savage fool ; but Nicias is , as Thersites says of Patroclus , a
fool positive . His mind is occupied by no strong feeling ; it takes every character ...
... awkwardness , obstinacy , and confusion . Cloten is an arrogant fool , Osric a
foppish fool , Ajax a savage fool ; but Nicias is , as Thersites says of Patroclus , a
fool positive . His mind is occupied by no strong feeling ; it takes every character ...
Pagina 90
no strong feeling ; it takes every character , and retains none ; its aspect is
diversified , not by passions , but by faint and transitory semblances of passion , a
mock joy , a mock fear , a mock love , a mock pride , which chase each other like
...
no strong feeling ; it takes every character , and retains none ; its aspect is
diversified , not by passions , but by faint and transitory semblances of passion , a
mock joy , a mock fear , a mock love , a mock pride , which chase each other like
...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1 Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Auteur | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay |
| Uitgever | Longmans, Green, 1895 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Cornell University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 23 maart 2012 |
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