| 1849 - 700 páginas
...Those who compare the age on which thcir lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in thcir imagination, may talk of degeneracy and decay : but...present. I should very imperfectly execute the task I have undertaken, if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations,... | |
| 1849 - 468 páginas
...of intellectual improvement. Those who compare the age on which their lot has fallen, with a golden age which exists only in their imagination, may talk...take a morose or desponding view of the present." —Vol. ip 3. The volumes at present under consideration, record the history of the life and reign... | |
| 1849 - 606 páginas
...outset, Mr. Macaulay gives a description of what he deems the duties of an historian. He says — " I should very imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken, if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 páginas
...of intellectual improvement. Those who compare the age on which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in their imagination may talk...imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1849 - 840 páginas
...intellectual improvement. Those who compare the age on which their lot has folien with a golden ago which exists only in their imagination may talk of...decay: but no man who is correctly informed as to the post will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present." There are many opinions... | |
| 1849 - 778 páginas
...outset, Mr. Maeaulay gives a description of what he deems the duties of an historian. He says, — I should very imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken, if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues... | |
| 1849 - 588 páginas
...the outset, Mr. Macaulay gives a description of what he deems the duties of an historian. He says — my solitude is sublime. I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 páginas
...with a golden age which exists only b their imagination may talk of degeneracy and decay: but CHAF. no man who is correctly informed as to the past will be dis- • posed to take a morose or desponding view of the present. I should very imperfectly execute... | |
| 1849 - 588 páginas
...outset, Mr. Macaulay gives a description of what he deems the duties of a historian. He says, — " I should very imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken, if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 552 páginas
...intellectual improvement. Those who compare the age on which their lot has fallen with a golden ago which exists only in their imagination may talk of...to take a morose or desponding view of the present shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history, if I can succeed... | |
| |