Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 16por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| David Masson - 1860 - 282 páginas
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. Such we believe to have been the character... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 1102 páginas
...pursue unwise ends, but never to choose unwise means. They went through the world, like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain, not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. Such we believe to have been the character... | |
| Robert Ross - 1860 - 516 páginas
...pursue unwise ends, but never to choose unwise means. They wei^t through the world, like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain, not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. THE COMMONWEALTH A PEKIOD OF OEEAT BELIGTOUS... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 820 páginas
...choose unwise means. They went through the world like Sir Artegale's iron man Talus with his flau, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain ; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. Such we believe to have been the character... | |
| William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 páginas
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...unwise means. They went through the world, like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, — mingling with... | |
| Matthew Baxter - 1865 - 534 páginas
...Enthusiasm had made them Stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice; had raised them above the influence of danger and of corruption....unwise means. They went through the world like Sir Artigale's iron-man, Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 páginas
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them Stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...unwise means. They went through the world, like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 páginas
...their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised them above the influence of danger and corruption. It sometimes might lead them to pursue...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain ; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be with stood by any barrier. by straining after things too high for... | |
| English authors - 1869 - 458 páginas
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them Stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...unwise means. They went through the world, like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 páginas
...sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised...insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain ; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier. HORATIUS. A LAY MADE ABOUT THE YEAR OF... | |
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