 It puts the individual for the species, the one above the infinite many, might before right. A lion hunting a flock of sheep or a herd of wild asses, is a more poetical object than they ; and we even take part with the lordly beast, because our vanity,...  The North American Review - Página 496editado por - 1845Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1818 - 574 páginas
...a dock of sheep or a herd of wild asses is a more poetical object than they ; and we even take pan with the lordly beast, because our vanity or some...ourselves in the situation of the strongest party.' — pp. 70, 71. Nor is this the case with works of fiction only. ' The history of mankind is a romance,... | |
 | 1818 - 590 páginas
...right. A lion hunting -A flock of sheep or a herd of wild asses is a more poetical object than they ; and we even take part with the lordly beast, because...vanity or some other feeling makes us disposed to ptace ourselves in the situation of the strongest party.' — pp. 70, 71. Nor is this the case with... | |
 | 1820 - 770 páginas
...right. A lion hunting a flock of sheep, or a herd of wild asses, is a more poetical object than they; and we even take part with the lordly beast, because...ourselves in the situation of the strongest party." The principle here stated was constantly applied by Burke to its obvious practical use. He made the... | |
 | 1824 - 572 páginas
...might. A lion hunting a flock of sheep, or a herd of wild asses, is a more ]K>etical object than they ; and. we even take part with the lordly beast, because...ourselves in the situation of the strongest party.*** Wrong, dressed out in pride, pomp, and circumstance, has more attraction than abstract right, Sic."... | |
 | 1836 - 808 páginas
...right. A lion hunting a flock of sheep, or a herd of wild asses, is a more poetical object than they ; and we even take part with the lordly beast, because...place ourselves in the situation of the strongest nartv " \Vilh mil/*h mnro in tn<a camo to greatness : she throws down the ladder by which what is angelic... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1838 - 360 páginas
...standard of sufferings and crimes. It presents an imposing appearance. It shows its head turretted, crowned, and crested. Its front is gilt and blood-stained....compare their wants and grievances, till Coriolanus conies in, and with blows and big words drives this set of " poor rats," this rascal scum, to their... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 páginas
...infinite many, might before right. A lion hunting a flock of sheep is a more poetical object than they ; and we even take part with the lordly beast, because...ourselves in the situation of the strongest party. There is nothing heroical in a multitude of miserable rogues not wishing to be starved, or complaining... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 páginas
...infinite many, might before right. A lion hunting a flock of sheep is a more poetical object than they ; and we even take part with the lordly beast, because...place ourselves in the situation of the strongest parly. There is nothing heroical in a multitude of miserable rogues not wishing to be starved, or complaining... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 páginas
...infinite many, might before right. A lion hunting a flock of sheep is a more poetical object than they ; and we even take part with the lordly beast, because our vanity or some other feeling makes us dissposed to place ourselves iu the situation of the strongest party. There is nothing heroical in... | |
 | 1852 - 782 páginas
...before right. A lion hunting a flock of sheep is a more poetical object than they ; and we even lake part with the lordly beast, because our vanity or...ourselves in the situation of the strongest party. There is nothing heroical in a multitude of miserable rogues not wishing to be starved, or complaining... | |
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