 He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But, by judicious selection, rejection, and arrangement he gives to truth those attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 141849Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 450 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent ; others retire. But...shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 426 pages
...attractions which have been usurped i by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent; others retire. But...man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. Bjit he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1861 - 752 pages
...attractions which£ have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative, a due subordination is observed ; same Ri m them, but according to the degree in which they elucidate the condition of society and the nature... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent ; others retire. But...which they elucidate the condition of society and vthe nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the [senate. But he shows us also the nation.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1867 - 972 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fíction. In his narrative a clue subordination is observed ; some transactions are prominent, others retire. But the scale on which he represents them ie increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1871 - 704 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent ; others retire. But...shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying,... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - Novelists, English - 1872 - 502 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed ; some transactions are prominent, others retire. But...the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, the senate ; but he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no... | |
 | John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - Latin language - 1875 - 416 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent, others retire. But...shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manners, no familiar saying,... | |
 | John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - Latin language - 1875 - 416 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent, others retire. But...elucidate the condition of society, and the nature of man. Iie shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers no... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1876 - 508 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent ; others retire. But...shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying,... | |
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