Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 530
... human character and human life , far inferior to the English plays of the age of Elizabeth . Every scholar knows that the dramatic part of the Athenian tragedies was at first subordinate to the lyrical part . It would , therefore , have ...
... human character and human life , far inferior to the English plays of the age of Elizabeth . Every scholar knows that the dramatic part of the Athenian tragedies was at first subordinate to the lyrical part . It would , therefore , have ...
Page 581
... human mind . The inductive method not only endured , but required greater freedom of diction . It was im- possible to reason from phenomena up to principles , to mark slight shades of difference in quality , or to estimate the ...
... human mind . The inductive method not only endured , but required greater freedom of diction . It was im- possible to reason from phenomena up to principles , to mark slight shades of difference in quality , or to estimate the ...
Page 607
... human being , we must know what is the amount of the sacrifice of reputation demanded , and of the pecuniary advantage offered , and in what situation the person to whom the temptation is proposed stands at the time . But when the ...
... human being , we must know what is the amount of the sacrifice of reputation demanded , and of the pecuniary advantage offered , and in what situation the person to whom the temptation is proposed stands at the time . But when the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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