 | 1831 - 738 pagina’s
...1830. have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age baa produced. It contains, indeed, no single passage equal to two or three, which we could select from... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 pagina’s
...pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the bcst specimens ol English prose which our age has produced. It contains,...style is agreeable, clear, and manly ; and, when it rires into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is the matter inferior to the manner.... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pagina’s
...have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves lo be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. Il contains, indeed, no single passage equal lo two or three which we could select from the Life of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pagina’s
...WK have read this book with the greatest plaa.Mire. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves owever grotesque, may be the appearance which Dante...sound, the smell, the taste: he counts the numbers; he tffort or ostentation. Nor is the matter inferior to the manner. It would be difficult to name a book... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pagina’s
...WK have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English...effort or ostentation. Nor is the matter inferior U) the manner. It would be difficult to name a book which exhibits more kindness, fairness, and modesty.... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pagina’s
...WE hare read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English...; and when it rises into eloquence, rises without «ffort or ostentation. Nor is the matter inferior to the manner. It would be difficult to name a book... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1853 - 606 pagina’s
...Considered merely as a composition," says Mr. Macaulay, speaking of the Life of Byron, "it deserves to be classed .among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or... | |
 | Harper & Brothers - 1855 - 226 pagina’s
...MOORE. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75 ; Half Calf, $2 75. Considered merely ns a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. Of the deep and painful interest which this book excites, no abstract can give a just notion. So sad... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 752 pagina’s
...WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English...immeasurably superior to that work. The style is agreeable, clear/and manly; and when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pagina’s
...WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English...our age has produced. It contains, indeed, no single paslage equal to two or three which we could select from the Life of Sheridan. But, as a whole, it... | |
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We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. . . . The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and, when it rises into... 
