| Marshall John and co - 1884 - 266 sivua
...COUNTRY. COULD the England of the seventeenth century be, by some magical process, set before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in a hundred, or one...of nature, and a few massive and durable works of art. We might find out here and there a Norman minster, or a castle which witnessed the Wars of tho... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1886 - 832 sivua
...some magical Engia'mi0 process, set before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in s'n" I68sa hundred, or one building in ten thousand. The country...might find out Snowdon and Windermere, the Cheddar Cliffs and Beachy Head. We might find out here and there a Norman minster, or a castle which witnessed... | |
| Richard Whately Cooke-Taylor - 1886 - 472 sivua
...Could the England of 1685," says Macaulay,1 " be, by some magical process, set before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in a hundred, or one...inhabitant of the town would not recognise his own street." With the exception of the " great features of nature " (mountains, rivers, and lakes), and " a few... | |
| Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1888 - 456 sivua
...on this subject. 1 COTJLD the England of 1685 be, by some magical process, set before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in a hundred or one...building in ten thousand. The country gentleman would not recognize his own fields. The inhabitant of the town would not recognize his own street. Everything... | |
| Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1893 - 460 sivua
...remarks on this subject. 1 COULD the England of 1685 be, by some magical process, set before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in a hundred or one...building in ten thousand. The country gentleman would not recognize his own fields. The inhabitant of the town would not recognize his own street. Everything... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1893 - 280 sivua
...in our country. (13) Could the England of 1685 be, by some magical process, set before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in a hundred or one building in ten thousand. [Another page of details, similar to those in the last sentence, follows.] — Macaulay : History of... | |
| William John Hardy - 1900 - 512 sivua
...part of the country : " Could the England of 1685 be, by some magical process, set before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in a hundred, or one...country gentleman would not recognise his own fields." (History, cap. iii.) The house and grounds were at this time in the occupation of one Thomas Holmes,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1901 - 732 sivua
...change in land of 1685 be, by some magical process, set EnKian-i iii,i ii "nee 1G85before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in a hundred or one...building in ten thousand. The country gentleman would not recognize his own fields. The inhabitant of the town would not recognize his own street. Everything... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1905 - 184 sivua
...place in our country. Could the England 5 of 1685 be, by some magical process, set before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in a hundred or one...building in ten thousand. The country gentleman would not recognize his own fields. The inhabitant of the town would not recognize his own street. Everything... | |
| William Nicholls - 1905 - 210 sivua
...Macaulay tells us that could the England of 1685 be, by some magical process, set before our eyes, we should not know one landscape in a hundred, or one building in ten thousand. Everything has been changed except the great features of Nature. As time went on, by the increase of... | |
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