The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, Band 7 |
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... chief delight appears to be in tor- menting and ridiculing his sisters , who in return most cordially despise him . Miss Branghton , the eldest daughter , is by no means ugly ; but looks proud , ill - tempered , and conceited . She ...
... chief delight appears to be in tor- menting and ridiculing his sisters , who in return most cordially despise him . Miss Branghton , the eldest daughter , is by no means ugly ; but looks proud , ill - tempered , and conceited . She ...
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... chief power in the State had passed to the House of Commons . At such a conjuncture , it was natural that literary ... chiefs of the Ministry were kindly disposed towards him . In political opinions he already was , what he continued to ...
... chief power in the State had passed to the House of Commons . At such a conjuncture , it was natural that literary ... chiefs of the Ministry were kindly disposed towards him . In political opinions he already was , what he continued to ...
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... chief subject of conversa- tion . The old man talked on his favourite theme much and well , indeed , as his young hearer thought , incomparably well . Boileau had undoubtedly some of the qualities of a great critic . He wanted ...
... chief subject of conversa- tion . The old man talked on his favourite theme much and well , indeed , as his young hearer thought , incomparably well . Boileau had undoubtedly some of the qualities of a great critic . He wanted ...
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... chief attractions . The lovely bay and the awful mountain were indeed there . But a farmhouse stood on the theatre of Her- culaneum , and rows of vines grew over the streets of Pompeii . The temples of Pæstum had not indeed been hidden ...
... chief attractions . The lovely bay and the awful mountain were indeed there . But a farmhouse stood on the theatre of Her- culaneum , and rows of vines grew over the streets of Pompeii . The temples of Pæstum had not indeed been hidden ...
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... chiefs of the ministry . Those statesmen saw that it was both for the public interest , and for their own interest , to adopt a Whig policy , at least as re- spected the alliances of the country and the conduct of the war . But , if the ...
... chiefs of the ministry . Those statesmen saw that it was both for the public interest , and for their own interest , to adopt a Whig policy , at least as re- spected the alliances of the country and the conduct of the war . But , if the ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Addison admiration ALCIBIADES appears Barère Bute Cæsar called CALLIDEMUS cause character circumstances civil clause committed considered court crime criminal death defended Demosthenes doubt Duke eloquence eminent England English Euripides evidence evil favour favourite feeling France Frances Burney French friends genius George Grenville Girondists Grenville Hippolyte Carnot HIPPOMACHUS honour House of Bourbon House of Commons house of Hanover human imprisonment imputation India inflicted Jacobin Johnson King language literary lived Lord Lord Rockingham Lordship in Council Madame D'Arblay manner means ment mind minister Miss Burney murder nation nature never offence opinion orator Parliament party passed passion penal law person Petrarch Pitt poem poet political Pope produced propose punishment Robespierre scarcely seems society soon SPEUSIPPUS spirit strong suffered talents theft things thought tion Tory tribunals truth Whig whole writer
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 3 - Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and lively. It ought to be consulted by every person who wishes to be well acquainted with the history of our literature and our manners. The account which she gives of the king's illness will, we think, be more valued by the historians of a future age than any equal portions of Pepys' or Evelyn's Diaries." — Edinburgh Review. " This publication will take its place in the...
Seite 16 - Yet there was no want of low minds and bad hearts in the generation which witnessed her first appearance. There was the envious Kenrick and the savage Wolcot, the asp George Steevens, and the polecat John Williams. It did not, however, occur to them to search the parish register of Lynn, in order that they might be able to twit a lady with having concealed her age. That truly chivalrous exploit was reserved for a bad writer of our own time, whose spite she had provoked by not furnishing him with...
Seite 43 - As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.
Seite 1 - All those whom we have been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs seemed children when compared with her ; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and lively. It ought to be consulted by every person who wishes to be well acquainted with the history of our literature...
Seite 654 - Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the Arsenal and fulmined over Greece, To Macedon, and Artaxerxes...
Seite 697 - Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain, — wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sleep, — there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens.
Seite 236 - Dashwood's financial statement had been confused and absurd beyond belief, and had been received by the House with roars of laughter. He had sense enough to be conscious of his unfitness for the high situation which he held, and exclaimed in a comical fit of despair, "What shall I do? The boys will point at me in the street, and cry, 'There goes the worst Chancellor of the Exchequer that ever was.
Seite 341 - A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year ; and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me, without leaving any impression.
Seite 98 - We have not the least doubt that, if Addison had written a novel, on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is entitled to be considered, not only as the greatest of the English Essayists, but as the forerunner of the great English Novelists.
Seite 101 - Tory writers, as a gentleman of wit and virtue, in whose friendship many persons of both parties were happy, and whose name ought not to be mixed up with factious squabbles. Of the jests by which the triumph of the "Whig party was disturbed, the most severe and happy was Bolingbroke's. Between two acts, he sent for Booth to his box, and presented him, before the whole theatre, with a purse of fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator.