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... September , 1808 , his mother writes : " My dear Tom continues to show marks of uncom- mon genius . He gets on wonderfully in all branches of his education , and the extent of his vii INTRODUCTION SKETCH OF MACAULAY'S LIFE.
... September , 1808 , his mother writes : " My dear Tom continues to show marks of uncom- mon genius . He gets on wonderfully in all branches of his education , and the extent of his vii INTRODUCTION SKETCH OF MACAULAY'S LIFE.
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... an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day , to commemorate , in all 30 love and reverence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the philosopher 4 MACAULAY.
... an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day , to commemorate , in all 30 love and reverence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the philosopher 4 MACAULAY.
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... genius de- rived no advantage from the civilisation which sur- rounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like 5 regret to the ruder age of simple words and vivid impressions . We think ...
... genius de- rived no advantage from the civilisation which sur- rounded him , or from the learning which he had acquired ; and he looked back with something like 5 regret to the ruder age of simple words and vivid impressions . We think ...
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... genius of Petrarch was scarcely of the first order ; and his poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched 15 compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had ...
... genius of Petrarch was scarcely of the first order ; and his poems in the ancient language , though much praised by those who have never read them , are wretched 15 compositions . Cowley , with all his admirable wit and ingenuity , had ...
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... genius gives to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . 10 They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of ...
... genius gives to them a peculiar charm , an air of nobleness and freedom , which distinguishes them from all other writings of the same class . 10 They remind us of the amusements of those angelic warriors who composed the cohort of ...
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Page 215 - Peace to all such! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please. And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yev with jealous eyes.
Page 207 - Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives...
Page 46 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.
Page 57 - He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice.
Page 57 - On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt: For they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Page 56 - If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them. Their palaces were houses not made with hands; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away.
Page 45 - ... their houses with wealth, made them happy in love and victorious in war. Such a spirit is Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful shape, shall at length be rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that...
Page 56 - If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.
Page 56 - ... the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on his intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face.
Page xxi - MY mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein I find As far exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave.