Macaulay's Life of Samuel JohnsonGinn, 1903 - 94 páginas |
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... question whether he should give his time to law or to politics . During the next three years he devoted himself to Parliament . Enter- ing with his whole soul into the thickest of the fight for reform , he made a speech on the second ...
... question whether he should give his time to law or to politics . During the next three years he devoted himself to Parliament . Enter- ing with his whole soul into the thickest of the fight for reform , he made a speech on the second ...
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... must be judged from the facts that " hardly any questions have arisen upon it which have had to be deter- mined by the courts , and that few and slight amendments have had to be made by . the Legislature . INTRODUCTION xvii.
... must be judged from the facts that " hardly any questions have arisen upon it which have had to be deter- mined by the courts , and that few and slight amendments have had to be made by . the Legislature . INTRODUCTION xvii.
Página xviii
... questions ; and got six millions of public money in the course of an hour or two . I rather like the sort of work , and I have some aptitude for it . I find business pretty nearly enough to occupy all my time ; and if I have a few ...
... questions ; and got six millions of public money in the course of an hour or two . I rather like the sort of work , and I have some aptitude for it . I find business pretty nearly enough to occupy all my time ; and if I have a few ...
Página xix
... question , what he gave to society , is perhaps best answered in the account of the remaining years of his life . In Parliament , in society , and in literary and political circles throughout the country there was the feeling that he ...
... question , what he gave to society , is perhaps best answered in the account of the remaining years of his life . In Parliament , in society , and in literary and political circles throughout the country there was the feeling that he ...
Página xxvi
... question of emphasis . Let us see whether we can find two or three paragraphs in which Macaulay suc- ceeds particularly well in emphasizing the main point . If we find three , let us see whether he accomplishes his purpose in the same ...
... question of emphasis . Let us see whether we can find two or three paragraphs in which Macaulay suc- ceeds particularly well in emphasizing the main point . If we find three , let us see whether he accomplishes his purpose in the same ...
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Página 85 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 84 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Página 84 - I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Página 45 - Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived ; and he has beaten them all.
Página 50 - Vitus's dance, his rolling walk, his blinking eye, .the outward signs which too clearly marked his approbation of his dinner, his insatiable appetite for fish-sauce and...
Página 65 - Sir, that is all visionary. I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. Sir, the danger of the abuse of power is nothing to a private man. What Frenchman is prevented passing his life as he pleases? ' SIR ADAM : ' But, sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown.
Página 83 - An author who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue;' and Numbers 44 and 100, by Mrs.
Página 8 - Hervey," said the old philosopher many years later, " was a vicious man ; but he was very kind to me. If you call a dog Hervey, I shall love him.
Página 84 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 73 - All his books are written in a learned language, in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse, in a language in which nobody ever quarrels, or drives bargains, or makes love, in a language in which nobody ever thinks.