 he probably expected to be immortal, is every day fading; while those peculiarities of manner and that careless table-talk, the memory of which he probably thought would die with him, are likely to be remembered as long as the English language is spoken...  Critical and Historical Essays - Page 738by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1833 - 412 pages
...commonly the most transient, is, in his case, the most durable. The reputation of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day...the English language is spoken in any quarter of the globe."1T * See his Dictionary, passim, and Courteney's review of his character. t Vol. II. p. 253.... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1833 - 420 pages
...commonly the most transient, is, in his case, the most durable. The reputation of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day...the English language is spoken in any quarter of the globe.''1i * Sec his Dictionary, passim, and Courteney's review of his character. t Vol. II. p. 253.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 516 pages
...commonly the most transient, is, in his case, the most durable. The reputation of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day...English language is spoken in any quarter of the globe. LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN.* [Edinburgh Review, 1831.] WE have read this book with great pleasure,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 pages
...commonly the most transient is, in his case, the most durable. The reputation of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day...of which, he probably thought, would die with him, arc likely to 1>e remembered as long as the English language is spoken in any quarter of the globe.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 pages
...commonly the most transient, is, in his case, the most durable. The reputation of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day...peculiarities of manner, and that careless table-talk, the mejmory of which, he probably thought, would die with him, are likely to be remembered as long as the... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...commonly the most transient, is, in this case, the most durable. The reputation of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day...English language is spoken in any quarter of the globe. EARL CHATHAM. The truth is, that there scarcely ever lived a person who had so little claim to this... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1850 - 412 pages
...commonly the most transient is, in his case, the most durable. The reputation of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day...English language is spoken in any quarter of the globe. END OF VOL. I. PRINTED BY BERNH. TAUCHMTZ JUN. STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES STANFORD AUXILIARY LIBRARY... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...commonly the most transient, is, in his case, the most durable. The reputation of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day...English language is spoken in any quarter of the globe. LORD NUGENT'S MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN.' [EDINBURGH REVIEW, 1831.] Wt have read this book with great pleasure,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 430 pages
...case, the most durable. The reputation 50 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS. of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day fading; while those peculiarities of manner, mid that careless table-talk, the memory of which, he probubly thought, would die with him, are likely... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 1102 pages
...commonly the most transient is, in his case, the most durable. The reputation of those writings, which he probably expected to be immortal, is every day...language is spoken in any quarter of the globe. JOHN HAMPDEN. 1 Review, December 1831.) WK have read this book with great pleasure, though not exactly with... | |
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