 | 1849 - 782 pages
...condition of society, and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But ho shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote,...illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. * * * 14 15 " If a man, such as we are supposing,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 464 pages
...according to the degree in which they elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But...illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. Men will not merely be described, but will be... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 596 pages
...than those things promoting the wellbeing of man. Says an eminent essayist : " The perfect historian considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no...illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind." The great variety of subjects presented, and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...according to the degree in which they elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He as Babington Macaulay education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. Men will not merely be described, but will be... | |
 | Literature - 1849 - 820 pages
...they elucidate the condition of society, and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, aud the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers...insignificant to illustrate the operation of laws, of religiou, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. * * * 14 National Ballad*.... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...according to the degree in which they elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He mpensated education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. Men will not merely be described, but will be... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...according to the degree in which they elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But...illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. Men will not merely be described, but will be... | |
 | Henry Howe - District of Columbis - 1852 - 614 pages
...than those things promoting the wellbeing of man. Says an eminent essayist : " The perfect historian considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no...illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind." The great variety of subjects presented, and... | |
 | 1856 - 560 pages
...according to the degree in which they elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate ; but...illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind. Men will not merely be described, but will be... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - Periodicals - 1856 - 520 pages
...according to the degree in which they elucidate the condition of society and the nature of man. He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate ; but he shows us also the nation. He considers no aneedote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying, as too insignificant for his notice, which... | |
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He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying, as too insignificant for his notice, which is not too insignificant to illustrate the operation of... 
