 | 1857 - 610 страници
...have written one of the best books in the world is strange enough.' (Macaulay's Essays, pp. 28-31.) That such a man should have written one of the best books in the world is not merely strange, it is impossible. Will Mr. Macaulay, from whom we always differ (when we differ)... | |
 | 1831 - 652 страници
...all his castles in the air, he displayed with a cool self-complacency, a perfect unconsciousness that he was making a fool of himself, to which it is impossible...written one of the best books in the world, is strange enough. But this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in active life, and... | |
 | 1832 - 428 страници
...all his castles in the air, he displayed with a cool self-complacency, a perfect unconsciousness that he was making a fool of himself, to which it is impossible...written one of the best books in the world, is strange enough. But this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in active life, and... | |
 | 1832 - 424 страници
...all his castles in the air, he displayed with a cool self-complacency, a perfect unconsciousness that he was making a fool of himself, to which it is impossible...he has used nobody so ill as himself. That such a man-should have written one of the best books in the world, is strange enough. But this is not all.... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 страници
...all his castles in the air, he displayed with a cool self-complacency, a perfect unconsciousness that he was making a fool of himself, to which it is impossible...but assuredly he has used nobody so ill as himself." The portrait of Johnson is not less graphic, but we can give only a single passage. "From nature, he... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 страници
...his castles in the air, he .' displayed with a cool self-complacency, a perfect unconsciousness that he was making a fool of himself, to which it is impossible...written one of the best books in the world, is strange enough. But this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in ,' active life,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 страници
...all his castles in the air, he displayed with a cool self-complacency, a perfect unconsciousness that he was making a fool of himself, to which it is impossible...written one of the best books in the world, is strange enough. But this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in active life, and... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 страници
...all his castles in the air, he displayed with a cool self-complacency, a perfect unconsciousness that he was making a fool of himself, to which it is impossible...but assuredly he has used nobody so ill as himself. That_ such a man should have written one of the best books in the world, is strange enough. In his... | |
 | 1872 - 500 страници
...is not strange that so old an offender should now and then relapse into wrong dispositions. I, 371 : That such a man should have written one of the best books in the world is strange enough. It is strange steht oft so am Ende. Die angeführten Beispiele sind zufällig meistens negativ;... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 страници
...his castles in the air, he dis19 played with a cool self-complacency, a perfect unconsciousness that he was making a fool of himself, to which it is impossible to find a parallel in the whole history of man20 kind. He has used many people ill, but assuredly he has used nobody so ill as himself. 31 That... | |
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That such a man should have written one of the best books in the world is strange enough. But this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in active life, and whose conversation has indicated no superior powers of mind, have left... 
