 ... with contempt. All those arts which are the natural defence of the weak are more familiar to this subtle race than to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger,...  Warren Hastings - Page 31by Thomas Babington Macaulay baron Macaulay - 1886 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Augustus Cox - 1842 - 464 pages
...but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural...the weak, are more familiar to this subtle race than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...resistance; but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural defence of the weak, are more familiar with this subtle race than to the Ionian of the times of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What... | |
 | 1849 - 356 pages
...modern writer, " arc qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavorable. All those arts which are the natural defence of the...time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty,... | |
 | Eduard Fiedler - 1850 - 768 pages
...Plur. zur Bezeichnung der Gesammthcit : those arts are more familiar to this race than to the Jonian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark, ages (Mar. Ess. IV. 231); the Bengalee is by no means placable (id.) cf. Numerus. Dient das Adjectiv zur... | |
 | 1857 - 992 pages
...but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt All those arts, which are the natural...weak, are more familiar to this subtle race, than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jews of the darkest ages. What the horns... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854 - 452 pages
...; but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural...Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns arc to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty, according... | |
 | Macleod Wylie - 1854 - 412 pages
...but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural...the weak, are more familiar to this subtle race than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jews of the darkest ages. What the horns... | |
 | 1855 - 802 pages
...but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural defence of the weak, are more familiar to thi« subtile race, than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jews of the darkest... | |
 | 1856 - 590 pages
...resistance, but its suppleness and tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural...to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman, deceit is to the Bengalee. Large promises, smooth... | |
 | Norman Chevers - 1856 - 628 pages
...but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration, not unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the natural...the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are to the buffaloe, what the paw is to the tiger, what beauty, according to the old Greek song, is to woman,... | |
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