The National Review, Volumen2Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot Robert Theobald, 1856 |
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... GIBBON . The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , by Edward Gibbon , Esq . With Notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot . Edited , with additional Notes , by William Smith , LL.D. In Eight Volumes . London , 1855. Murray ...
... GIBBON . The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , by Edward Gibbon , Esq . With Notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot . Edited , with additional Notes , by William Smith , LL.D. In Eight Volumes . London , 1855. Murray ...
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... Gibbon , the grandfather , was the article " shares " his genius , like that of Mr. Hudson , had a natural tendency towards a commerce in the metaphysical and non - existent ; and he was fortunate in the age on which his lot was thrown ...
... Gibbon , the grandfather , was the article " shares " his genius , like that of Mr. Hudson , had a natural tendency towards a commerce in the metaphysical and non - existent ; and he was fortunate in the age on which his lot was thrown ...
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... Gibbon became a director , sold and bought , traded and prospered ; and was considered , no doubt with truth , to have obtained much money . The bubble was essentially a fashion- able one . Public intelligence and the quickness of ...
... Gibbon became a director , sold and bought , traded and prospered ; and was considered , no doubt with truth , to have obtained much money . The bubble was essentially a fashion- able one . Public intelligence and the quickness of ...
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... Gibbon's position could not be very lucrative ; and his skill must have been enormous to have ob- tained so much at the end of life , in such circumstances , in so few years . Had he been an early Christian , the narrative of his ...
... Gibbon's position could not be very lucrative ; and his skill must have been enormous to have ob- tained so much at the end of life , in such circumstances , in so few years . Had he been an early Christian , the narrative of his ...
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... Gibbon had uncommon difficulties and unusual deficiencies ; but these were much more than coun- terbalanced by a habit which often accompanies a sickly child- hood , and is very often the commencement of a studious life , -the habit of ...
... Gibbon had uncommon difficulties and unusual deficiencies ; but these were much more than coun- terbalanced by a habit which often accompanies a sickly child- hood , and is very often the commencement of a studious life , -the habit of ...
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Página 373 - The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction.
Página 501 - CAMPBELL : — THE NATURE OF THE ATONEMENT AND ITS RELATION TO REMISSION OF SINS AND ETERNAL LIFE. Fourth and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo. 6s. "Among the first theological treatises of this generation.
Página 373 - Sir Walter Scott, in the same manner, 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 out of their gleanings works which, even considered as histories, are scarcely less valuable than theirs. But a truly great historian would reclaim those materials which the novelist has appropriated...
Página 35 - But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings; Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised...
Página 374 - But a truly great historian would reclaim those materials which the novelist has appropriated. The history of the government, and the history of the people, would be exhibited in that mode in which alone they can be exhibited justly, in inseparable conjunction and intermixture. We should not then have to look for the wars and votes of the Puritans in Clarendon, and for their phraseology in Old Mortality ; for one half of King James in Hume and for the other half in the Fortunes of Nigel.
Página 8 - History of the World," which exhibit the Byzantine period on a larger scale. Mahomet and his Saracens soon fixed my attention, and some instinct of criticism directed me to the genuine sources. Simon Ockley, an original in every sense, first opened my eyes; and I was led from one book to another, till I had ranged round the circle of Oriental history. Before I was sixteen...
Página 356 - ... and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and their fealty, the approaching reformation: others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge? What wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil but wise and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sages and of worthies.
Página 373 - But of the vast and complex system of society, of the fine shades of national character, of the practical operation of government and laws, he knows nothing. He who would understand these things rightly must not confine his observations to palaces and solemn days. He must see ordinary men as they appear in their ordinary business, and in their ordinary pleasures.
Página 389 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Página 378 - It was about the year 1688 that the word stockjobber was first heard in London. In the short space of four years a crowd of companies, every one of which confidently held out to subscribers the hope of immense gains, sprang into existence : the Insurance Company, the Paper Company, the Lutestring Company, the PearlFishery Company, the Glass-Bottle Company, the Alum Company, the Blythe Coal Company, the Swordblade Company.