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... considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilization , supplied , by their own powers , the ...
... considered in themselves , may be classed among the noblest productions of the human mind . But they will not allow the author to rank with those great men who , born in the infancy of civilization , supplied , by their own powers , the ...
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... Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clyt- emnestra to Agamemnon on his return , or the description of the seven Argive chiefs ...
... Considered as plays , his works are absurd ; considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clyt- emnestra to Agamemnon on his return , or the description of the seven Argive chiefs ...
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... considered judgments have been pro- nounced , we feel inclined to dwell on it a little longer . The most fatal error which a poet can possibly commit in the man- agement of his machinery , is that of attempting to philoso- phize too ...
... considered judgments have been pro- nounced , we feel inclined to dwell on it a little longer . The most fatal error which a poet can possibly commit in the man- agement of his machinery , is that of attempting to philoso- phize too ...
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... considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle be- tween pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and ...
... considered due only to the Supreme Mind . The history of the Jews is the record of a continued struggle be- tween pure Theism , supported by the most terrible sanctions , and the strangely fascinating desire of having some visible and ...
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... considered sacred at the Boyne ? To dis- charge cannon against an army in which a king is known to be posted is to approach pretty near to regicide . Charles , too , it should always be remembered , was put to death by men who had been ...
... considered sacred at the Boyne ? To dis- charge cannon against an army in which a king is known to be posted is to approach pretty near to regicide . Charles , too , it should always be remembered , was put to death by men who had been ...
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Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay, Volumen1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Vista de fragmentos - 1899 |
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Página 196 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Página 548 - The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Página 56 - If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.
Página 56 - He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice.
Página 117 - And during the whole speech of the ghost, he sat with his eyes fixed partly on the ghost and partly on Hamlet, and with his mouth open; the same passions which succeeded each other in Hamlet succeeding likewise in him. When the scene was over, Jones said, Why, Partridge, you exceed my expectations. You enjoy the play more than I conceived possible.
Página 116 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything; for I know it is but a play. And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Página 199 - To make the past present, to bring the distant near, to place us in the society of a great man, or on the eminence which overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities in an allegory, to call up our ancestors before us with all their peculiarities of language, manners, and garb, to show us over their houses, to seat us at their tables, to rummage their old-fashioned wardrobes, to...
Página 61 - What! have you let the false enchanter scape? O ye mistook; ye should have snatched his wand, And bound him fast. Without his rod reversed, And backward mutters of dissevering power, We cannot free the Lady that sits here In stony fetters fixed and motionless.
Página 57 - The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms.
Página 44 - ... him for having violated the articles of the Petition of Right, after having, for good and valuable consideration, promised to observe them : and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six o'clock in the morning. It is to such considerations as these, together with his Vandyke dress, his handsome face and his peaked beard, that he owes, we verily believe, most of his popularity with the present generation.