 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,...  Rhetoric and Composition - Página 39por Edward Fulton - 1906 - 259 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1828 - 608 páginas
...authenticated by sufficient testimony. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by...subordination is observed ; some transactions are nrominent, others retire. Hut the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished, not... | |
 | 1849 - 782 páginas
...authenticated by sufficient testimony. But, by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions, which have been usurped by...fiction. In his narrative, a due subordination is preserved : some transactions are prominent, others retire. But the scale, on which he represents them,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 páginas
...authenticated by sufficient testimony. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by...elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...authenticated by sufficient testimony. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to y of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation He considers... | |
 | 1849 - 820 páginas
...attractions, which have been usurped by fiction. lu his narrative, a due subordination is preserved : some transactions are prominent, others retire. But...elucidate the condition of society, and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, aud the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 páginas
...authenticated by sufficient testimony. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by...he represents them is increased or diminished, not accoiding to the dignity of the persons concerned In them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | 1852 - 780 páginas
...authenticated by sufficient testimony. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by...; some transactions are prominent, others retire. B ' the scale on which he represents them is i creased or diminished, not according to tl • dignity... | |
 | 1856 - 560 páginas
...authenticated by sufficient testimony; but by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by...elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate ; but he shows us also the nation. He considers... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 páginas
...authenticated by sufficient testimony. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by...he represents them is increased or diminished, not accoiding to the dignity of the persons concerned m them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 516 páginas
...authenticated by sufficient testimony; but by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed—some transactions are prominent, others retire; but the scale on which he represents them... | |
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