 If a man, such as we are supposing, should write the history of England, he would assuredly not omit the battles, the sieges, the negotiations, the seditions, the ministerial changes. But with these he would intersperse the details which are the charm...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Pagina 65door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1849 - 782 pagina’s
...operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. * * * 14 15 " If a man, such as we are supposing, should write the...glass, which had been rejected by his master. It is so for superior to every other in the church, that, according to the tradition, the vanquished artist... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 pagina’s
...dimensions, and has then departed, thinking that he has seen England. He has, in fact, seen a few public buildings, public men, and public ceremonies. But...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pagina’s
...He must see ordinary men as they appear in their ordinary business, and in their ordinary*pleasures. He must mingle in the crowds of the exchange and the...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 pagina’s
...intersperse the details which are the charm of historical romances. At Lincoln Cathedral there is a heautiful painted window, which was made by an apprentice out...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
 | 1856 - 542 pagina’s
...place in oar counting up. What says Macaulay? Oar readers, we are sure, will pardon the quotation : "At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beau"tiful painted...has used those "fragments of truth which historians "have scornfully thrown behind them, in "a manner which may well excite their "envy. He has constructed... | |
 | Louis Raymond Véricour - 1848 - 490 pagina’s
...Cathedral, there is a beautiful painted window, which was made by an apprentice out of pieces of glass rejected by his master. It is so far superior to every...vanquished artist killed himself from mortification. Thus it is that Sir Walter Scott has appropriated fragments scornfully rejected by historians. Out... | |
 | 1849 - 820 pagina’s
...of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. * * * 14 National Ballad*. 15 - I/ a mau, such as we are supposing, should write the history...has used those fragments of truth, which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner, which may well excite their envy. He has constructed,... | |
 | 1850 - 396 pagina’s
...pives to airy nothing A local habitation and а паше." Shakepeare. HDMBLK MRRIT SUCCESSFUL. — At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beautiful painted...superior to every other in the church, that according to tradition, the vanquished artist killed himself from mortification. GOLDSMITH'S POETRT. — The peculiar... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pagina’s
...supposing, should write the history of England, he would assuredly not omit the battles, the sieges, tha r destiny has been that of this remarkable man! To...received only from posterity — to ba more intimately Tadition, the vanquished artist killed himsell from mortification. Sir Walter Scott, in the same manner,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pagina’s
...with these he would intersperse the details which are the charm of historical romances. At Lineóle Cathedral there is a beautiful painted window, which...every other in the church, that, according to the 'radition, the vanquished artist killed himself from mortification. Sir Walter Scott, in the same manner,... | |
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