 Voltaire is well known. But of Addison it may be confidently affirmed that he has blackened no man's character, nay, that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find in all the volumes which he has left us a single taunt which can be called ungenerous...  Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay - Page 453by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 586 pages
...human virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous ; and that...character, nay, that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find in all the volumes which he has left us a single taunt which can be called ungenerous... | |
 | 1843 - 590 pages
...human virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous ; and that...has blackened no man's character, nay, that it would he difficult, if not impossible, to find in all the volumes which he has left us a single taunt which... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 614 pages
...human virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous ; and that...affirmed that he has blackened no man's character, nay, thnt it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find in all the volumes which he has left us a single... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 614 pages
...power without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridicdous ; and that power Addison possessed in boundless measure....affirmed that he has blackened no man's character, nay, thnt it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find in all the volumes which he has left us a single... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1844 - 446 pages
...human virtue is to possess bo"undless power without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous; and that...measure. How grossly that power was abused by Swift and Voltaire is well known. But of Addison it may be confidently affirmed that he has blackened no man's... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...human virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous ; and that power Addison possessed in a boundless measure. How grossly that power was abused by Swift and Voltaire, is well known. But of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 332 pages
...proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous; and that...character, nay, that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find in all the volumes which he has left us a single taunt which can be called ungenerous... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pages
...human virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous ; and that...measure. How grossly that power was abused by Swift and Voltaire is well known. But of Addison it may be confidently affirmed \ that he has blackened no man's... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pages
...human virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous ; and that...measure. How grossly that power was abused by Swift and Voltaire is well known. But of Addison it may be confidently affirmed that he has blackened no man's... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 584 pages
...without abusing it. No kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous ; arid that power Addison possessed in boundless measure. How grossly that power was abused by Swift and Voltaire is well known. But of Addison it may be confidently affirmed that he has blackened np man's... | |
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