 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
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...his narrative a due subordination is observed ; some transactions are prominent; others retire. Hut the scale on which he represents them is increased...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 - English literature - 1876 - 506 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent ; others retire. But...dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according ta the degree in which they elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He shows us the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1877 - 498 pages
...have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed: some transactions arc prominent; others retire. But the scale on which he...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 Paying,... | |
 | University of Oxford - Greek language - 1879 - 414 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 - 1880 - 462 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 - 1880 - 640 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 - 1880 - 460 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,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed ; so. Good-breeding necessarily he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English - 1880 - 844 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed : some transactions are prominent; others retire. But...concerned in them, but according to the degree in whicTi they elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp,... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - History - 1881 - 368 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is observed ; some transactions are prominent, others retire. But...scale on which he represents them is increased or 6 diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree... | |
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