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
 | 1890 - 340 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... | |
 | Oxford univ, exam. papers, 2nd publ. exam - 1884 - 594 páginas
...too insignificant to illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark tho progress of the human mind. Men will not merely be...phrases or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by appropriate images presented in every line. (2) Arrived at the end of the long valley, you find... | |
 | University of Bombay - 1915 - 502 páginas
...anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, DO familiar saying, aa too insignificant for his notice, if it is not too insignificant to illustrate the operation...described, but will be made intimately known to us. 4. Translate into French :— The blind' Boy- and' His Sister, ...... She tells him how the mountains... | |
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