 | 1841 - 602 pàgines
...good sense, and good morals, he gave battle to the other half. Strong as his political prej udices were, he seems on this occasion to have entirely laid...and had inflicted a deep wound on the Whigs. It is really inspiriting to see how gallantly the solitary outlaw advances to attack enemies, formidable... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pàgines
...prejudices were, he seems on this occasion to have entirely laid them aside. He has forgotten that he was a Jacobite, and remembers only that he is a citizen...and had inflicted a deep wound on the Whigs. It is really inspiriting to see how gallantly the solitary outlaw advances to attack enemies, formidable... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854 - 452 pàgines
...eloquence which comes from the heart and goes to the heart. Indeed spirit of the book is truly heroic. order fairly to appreciate it, we must remember the...sharpest censures are directed against poetry which bad been hailed with delight by the Tory party, and had inflicted a deep wound on the Whigs. It is... | |
 | WILLIAM CONGREVE - 1887 - 556 pàgines
...Collier with Pascal would indeed be absurd. Yet we hardly know where, except in The Provincial Lett: can find mirth so harmoniously and becomingly blended...and had inflicted a deep wound on the Whigs. It is really inspiriting to see how gallantly the solitary outlaw advances to attack enemies, formidable... | |
 | William Congreve - 1888 - 540 pàgines
...and good morals, he gave battle to the other half. Strong as his political prejudices were, he see1ns on this occasion to have entirely laid them aside....and had inflicted a deep wound on the Whigs. It is really inspiriting to see how gallantly the solitary outlaw advances to attack enemies, formidable... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 934 pàgines
...from the heart and goes to the heart. Indeed, the spirit of the book is truly heroic. In order fairly, appreciate it, we must remember the situation in which...and had inflicted a deep wound on the Whigs. It is really inspiriting to see how gallantly the solitary outlaw advances to attack enemies, formidable... | |
 | William Congreve - 1903 - 540 pàgines
...resents some uncivil reflections thrown by Cassandra, in Cleomenes, on the calf Apis and his hierophants. The words " grass-eating, foddered god," words which...and had inflicted a deep wound on- the Whigs. It is really inspiriting to see how gallantly the solitary outlaw advances to attack enemies, formidable... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 534 pàgines
...uncivil reflections thrown by Cassandra, in Dryden's Cleomenes, on the calf Apis and his hierophants. The words "grass-eating, foddered god," words which...delight by the Tory party, and had inflicted a deep ground on the Whigs. It is inspiriting to see how gallantly the solitary outlaw advances to attack... | |
 | 1841 - 588 pàgines
...offence to this Christian divine as they could have given to the priests at Memphis. But, when all these deductions have been made, great merit must be allowed...and had inflicted a deep wound on the Whigs. It is really inspiriting to see'' how gallantly the solitary outlaw advances to attack enemiesx formidable... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1841 - 650 pàgines
...rhetoric of honest indignation. We scarcely know any volume which contains so many bursts of that Deculiar eloquence which comes from the heart, and goes to...and had inflicted a deep wound on the Whigs. It is really inspiriting to see how gallantly the solitary outlaw advances to attack enemies, formidable... | |
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In truth, all the modes of ridicule, from broad fun to polished and antithetical sarcasm, were at Collier's command. On the other hand, he was complete master of the rhetoric of honest indignation. We scarcely know any volume which contains so many bursts... 