 | 1831 - 738 страници
...Lord Byron: with Notices of his Life. By THOMAS MOORE, Esq. 2 vols. 4to. London : 1830. have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely...the best specimens of English prose which our age baa produced. It contains, indeed, no single passage equal to two or three, which we could select from... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 страници
...we have done Untolttr. Robert Montgomery. * LIFE AND POETRY OF LORD BYRON, -jWe have read this beok with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the bcst specimens ol English prose which our age has produced. It contains, indeed, no single passage... | |
 | 1835 - 932 страници
...it as wi? have done unto Mr. Robert Montgomery. * LIFE AND POETRY OF LORD BYRON, f We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves lo be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. Il contains, indeed,... | |
 | 1852 - 588 страници
...principles of the church, that it must commend itself to the thoughtful consideration of every sect. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to...classed among the best specimens of English prose from living writers. Its style is vigorous, chaste, and nervous, occasionally rising into eloquence... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 606 страници
...English prose. " Considered merely as a composition," says Mr. Macaulay, speaking of the Life of Byron, The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or... | |
 | Harper & Brothers - 1855 - 226 страници
...of his Life. By THOMAS MOORE. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75 ; Half Calf, $2 75. Considered merely ns a composition, it deserves to be classed among the...specimens of English prose which our age has produced. Of the deep and painful interest which this book excites, no abstract can give a just notion. So sad... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 752 страници
...will assuredly do the rest MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON. 4 [EDINBURGH REVIEW, 1831.] WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely...immeasurably superior to that work. The style is agreeable, clear/and manly; and when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 страници
...will assuredly lu ihe rest MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON.' [EoiNBCEQH lUvibV.', 1831.] WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely...our age has produced. It contains, indeed, no single paslage equal to two or three which we could select from the Life of Sheridan. But, as a whole, it... | |
 | 1875 - 722 страници
...Edition. With Twelve Full-Page Illustrations. Thick i2mo, cloth, 1060 pages, $3 oo " We have read this book -with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely...English prose which our age has produced, . . . It has evidently been written^ not for the Purpose of showing — what, however, it often shows — how... | |
 | Elizabeth Lynn Linton - 1874 - 360 страници
...1060 pp. Twelve fine full-page Plates. Cr. 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, Js. 6d. "We have read this booh with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a...but, as a whole, it is immeasurably superior to that worh. The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and, when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort... | |
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We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. . . . The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and, when it rises into... 
