 To make the past present, to bring the distant near, to place us in the society of a great man, or on the eminence which overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom we are too much inclined to...  Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay - Sivu 199tekijä(t) Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1828 - 746 sivua
...overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities...their peculiarities of language, manners, and garb, to shew us over their houses, to seat us at their tables, to rummage their old-fashioned wardrobes, to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 sivua
...overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings, whom we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities...their oldfashioned wardrobes, to explain the uses of * The Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 sivua
...overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings, whom we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities...houses, to seat us at their tables, to rummage their old fashioned wardrobes, to explain the uses of * The Constitutional History of Engtand, from the Accession... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 sivua
...overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings, whom we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities...wardrobes, to explain the uses of their ponderous furniture—these parts of the duty which properly belongs to the historian, have been appropriated... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 sivua
...overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom we 0c0 ances. tors before us with all their peculiarities of language, manners, and garb, to show us over... | |
 | 1855 - 494 sivua
...mighty battle ; to invest with the reality of flesh and blood beings .... we are too much accustomed to consider as personified qualities in an allegory ; to call up our ........... before us, with all their peculiarities of language, mauner, and garb; to show .. over... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 sivua
...overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities...peculiarities of language, manners, and garb, to show us over iheir houses, to seat us at their tables, to rummage their old-fashioned wardrobes, to explain the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 752 sivua
...overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities...wardrobes, to explain the uses of their ponderous furniture—these parts of the duty which properly belongs to the historian have been appropriated... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 sivua
...overlooks ihe field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom we " duly which properly belongs to the historian have been appropriated by the historical novelist. On... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 sivua
...overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities...uses of their ponderous furniture — these parts of ihe duty which properly belongs to the historian have been appropriated by the historical novelist.... | |
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