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| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 pages
...term, is disappearing. The high, grave, impartial summing up of Thucydides is nowhere to be found. While our historians are practising all the arts of...excellent biographical works. The immense popularity which wellwritten books of this kind have acquired, deserves the serious consideration of historians. Voltaire's... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 pages
...sufficiently proved by many excellent biographical works. The -immense popularity which wellwritten books of this kind have acquired, deserves the serious consideration of historians. Voltaire's Charles the Twelfth, Marmontel's Memoirs, Boswell's Life of Johnson, Southey's account of... | |
| Robert Cassie Waterston - 1842 - 334 pages
...by a vivid representation of particular characters and incidents. While our historians," he says, " are practising all the arts of controversy, they miserably...sufficiently proved by many excellent biographical works. The instruction derived from history thus written, would be of a vivid and practical character. It would... | |
| 1842 - 554 pages
...mind by a vivid representation of particular characters and incidents. While our historians,' he says, 'are practising all the arts of controversy, they...interesting the affections, and presenting pictures to the imaginetion. That a writer may produce these effects without violating truth, is sufficiently proved... | |
| 1842 - 576 pages
...representation of particular characters and incidents. While our historians,' he says, 'are practising nil the arts of controversy, they miserably neglect the art of narration, the an of interesting the affections, and presenting pictures to the imagination. That a writer may produce... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...term, is disappearing. The high, grave, impartial summing up of Thucydides is nowhere to be found. fore we are not simply with out exception to urge...succession of bishops in every effectual ordination." imagi tion. That a writer may produce these effects withoat violating truth is sufficiently proved... | |
| 1852 - 780 pages
...term, is disappearing. The high, grave, impartial summing up of Thucydides is nowhere to be found. While our historians are practising all the arts of...excellent biographical works. The immense popularity which well-written books of this kind have acquired, deserves the serious consideration of historians. Voltaire's... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pages
...term, is disappearing. The high, grave, impartial summing up of Thucydides is nowhere to be found. While our historians are practising all the arts of...excellent biographical works. The immense popularity which well-written books of this kind have acquired, deserves the serious consideration of historians. Voltaire's... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pages
...term, is disappearing. The high, grave, impartial summing up of Thucydides is nowhere to be found. While our historians are practising all the arts of...interesting the affections, and presenting pictures tu the imagination. That a writer may produce these effects without violating truth is sufficiently... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...the term is disappearing. The high, grave, impartÃa summing up of Thucydides is nowhere to be "ound. ith regard to their people under which a military...have found it as dangerous to grind their subjects provee by many excellent biographical works. The immense popularity which well-written books of this... | |
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