Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with His Essay on JohnsonLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 110 páginas |
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... to picture the private life of bygone days - suggest that Macaulay might have written admirable historical novels . The Conversation between Mr. Abraham Cowley and Mr. 66 John Milton , " which was his own favorite among INTRODUCTION XV.
... to picture the private life of bygone days - suggest that Macaulay might have written admirable historical novels . The Conversation between Mr. Abraham Cowley and Mr. 66 John Milton , " which was his own favorite among INTRODUCTION XV.
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... - was published in 1842 . caulay was rather a recreation than a serious business , and 1C . K. Adams , Manual of Historical Literature , p . 463 . these stirring tales in verse , though admirable and widely INTRODUCTION xix.
... - was published in 1842 . caulay was rather a recreation than a serious business , and 1C . K. Adams , Manual of Historical Literature , p . 463 . these stirring tales in verse , though admirable and widely INTRODUCTION xix.
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... admirable and widely popular , are not so important as his other achievements . The last of Macaulay's writings was a group of biograph- ical sketches , written during the later years of his life for the " Encyclopædia Britannica ...
... admirable and widely popular , are not so important as his other achievements . The last of Macaulay's writings was a group of biograph- ical sketches , written during the later years of his life for the " Encyclopædia Britannica ...
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... admiration of his bearing towards his parents , his sisters , and his nephews and nieces . To the latter he was an ideal uncle - the " good uncle " of story books . When he died , his sister wrote : We have lost the light of our home ...
... admiration of his bearing towards his parents , his sisters , and his nephews and nieces . To the latter he was an ideal uncle - the " good uncle " of story books . When he died , his sister wrote : We have lost the light of our home ...
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... admirably intelligible language . ' " " Macaulay's method of work is thus described by his nephew : " The main secret of Macaulay's success lay in this , that to extraordinary fluency and facility he united patient , minute , and ...
... admirably intelligible language . ' " " Macaulay's method of work is thus described by his nephew : " The main secret of Macaulay's success lay in this , that to extraordinary fluency and facility he united patient , minute , and ...
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Página 51 - 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 47 - OATS [a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people], — Croker.
Página 34 - is a good man, a pious man. I am afraid he has not been in the inside of a church for many years ; but he never passes a church without pulling off his hat : this shows he has good principles.
Página 29 - 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 34 - Let us not be found, when our Master calls us, stripping the lace off our waistcoats, but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues. Alas ! sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.
Página 41 - This incident is recorded in the Journey as follows : " Out of one of the beds on which we were to repose started up, at our entrance, a man black as a Cyclops from the forge.
Página 36 - 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." JOHNSON. "Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown? The crown has not power enough.
Página 35 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which kings or laws can cause or cure!
Página xi - May'st thou live to know and fear Him, Trust and love Him all thy days ; Then go dwell for ever near Him, See His face, and sing His praise...
Página 29 - 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...