He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying, as too insignificant for his notice, which is not too insignificant to illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind.... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 65por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1858 - 974 páginas
...which they educate the condition of society, and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers...the progress of the human mind. Men will not merely lie described, but will be made intimately known to us. The change of manners will be indicated, not... | |
 | 1849 - 782 páginas
...condition of society, and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But ho shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote,...education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. * * * 14 15 " If a man, such as we are supposing, should write the history of England, he would assuredly... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 páginas
...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... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 596 páginas
...than those things promoting the wellbeing of man. Says an eminent essayist : " The perfect historian considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no...education, and to mark the progress of the human mind." The great variety of subjects presented, and the almost impossibility of producing such a publication... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...others retire. But the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished, not according ( * * but by appropriate images presented in every line. If a man, such as we are supposing, should write... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 páginas
...attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement, he...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... | |
 | 1852 - 778 páginas
...retire. B ' the scale on which he represents them is i creased or diminished, not according to tl • th which she confronted Attila. The number of her...acquisitions in the New World have more than compensated but by appropriate images presented in every line. If a man, such as we are supposing, should write... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 páginas
...than those things promoting the wellbeing of man. Says an eminent essayist : " The perfect historian considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no...education, and to mark the progress of the human mind." The great variety of subjects presented, and the almost impossibility of producing such a publication... | |
 | 1856 - 558 páginas
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 páginas
...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 elucidate...indicated, not merely by a few general phrases, or a few extraéis from statistical documents, but by appropriate images presented in every line. • If a man,... | |
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