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" Bible, a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. "
The miscellaneous writings, speeches and poems of lord Macaulay - Página 28
por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880
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Selections from the Edinburgh Review: Comprising the Best Articles in that ...

Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 páginas
...almost universal, had appeared that stupendous work, the English Bible, — a book which, if every thing else in our language should perish, would alone suffice...the original, prevented them from adding any of the ideous decorations then in fashion. The groundwork of the version, indeed, was of an earlier age. The...
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The Living Age, Volumen269

1911 - 856 páginas
...most majestic form." Lord Macaulay, in his Essay on John Dryden, bears similar testimony. He speaks of "that stupendous work, the English Bible, a book which,...to show the whole extent of its beauty and power." And that the English Version, especially of the New Testament, which bears in particular the impress...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...stupendous work, the English Bible — a book which, if every thing else in our language should periih, * origi- 1 nal prevented them from adding any of the : hideous decorations then in fashion. The ! groundwork...
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The Modern British Essayists: Macaulay, T.B. Essays

1852 - 780 páginas
...boolt which, if every thing else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show '!:•• superior eloquence and dexterity will make the worse appear the better tell for the original prevented them from adding any of the nideous decorations then in fashion. The...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 páginas
...almost universal, had appeared that stupendous work, the English Bible — a book which, if every thing else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole eitcnt of its beauty and power. The respect which the translators felt for the original prevented them...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 páginas
...almost universal, had appeared that stupendous work, the English Bible — a book which, if every thing else in our language should perish, would alone suffice...which the translators felt for the original prevented ihem from adding any of the mdeous decorations then in fashion. The groundwork of the version, indeed,...
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The Cornhill Magazine

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1911 - 870 páginas
...majestic form.' Lord Macaulay, in his Essay on John Dryden, bears similar testimony. He speaks of ' that stupendous work, the English Bible, a book which,...to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.' And that the English Version, especially of the New Testament, which bears in particular the impress...
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The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1865 - 418 páginas
...of criticism. There were already strong signs of improvement. Our prose had at length worked itoelf clear from those quaint conceits which still deformed...whole extent of its beauty and power. The respect whici the translators felt for the original prevented them from adding any of the hideous decorations...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volumen5

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 704 páginas
...powers of an earlier, or the correctness of a later age, — was left to enjoy undisputed ascendency. A vicious ingenuity, a morbid quickness to perceive...them from adding any of the hideous decorations then iu fashion. The ground-work of the version, indeed, was of an earlier age. The familiarity with which...
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Old Words and Modern Meanings: Being a Collection of Examples from Ancient ...

Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 páginas
...English Bible, a book which if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show its beauty and power. The respect which the translators...adding any of the hideous decorations then in fashion. — MACAULAY. Bickering. Formerly, open fighting: now, confined to words without blows. The bickering...
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