...them, but according to the degree in which they elucidate the condition of society and the nature pf man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate....phrases or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by appropriate images presented in every line. In this paragraph we have, first, a statement of...

...manner, no familiar saying, as too insignificant to illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, of education, and to mark the progress of the human...phrases, or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by appropriate images in every line." There is very little of this kind of writing in the history...

...others retire. But the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but...phrases, or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by appropriate images presented in every line. If a man, such as we are supposing, should write...

...others retire. But the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but...phrases or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by appropriate images presented in every line. ' If a man, such as we are supposing, should write...

...others retire. But the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but...phrases or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by appropriate images presented in every line.1 No irrelevant matter is brought in here, no digressions...

...essential parts of history, but that we should view also the nation. The ideal historian, he said, "considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner,...education, and to mark the progress of the human mind." Macaulay used his social facts too much as external literary ornament, but his doctrine led in the...

...the modern historian, says: "He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he also shows us the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity...education, and to mark the progress of the human mind." An evening devoted to desultory reading in the annals of the past will bring back ancient Rome, with...

...others retire. But the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but...phrases or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by appropriate images pre•ented in every line. "If a man, such as we are supposing, should write...

...insignificant to illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of educa1 Essay on History. tion, and to mark the progress of the human mind. Men will...phrases or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by appropriate images presented in every line." * This idea Macaulay sought faithfully to realize...

...insignificant for his notice, which is not too insignificant to illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, of education, and to mark the progress of the human...phrases or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by appropriate images presented in every line. If a man such as we are supposing should write the...