 | Great Britain - 1830 - 716 pages
...proved indeed to the uttermost by Cicero, and by him found wanting ; yet naajeitic in it> bareness, impressive in its conciseness ; the true language...haughty Sallust, by the open and discursive Livy, by the reserved and thoughtful Tacitus." — p. 34. We cannot forbear adding the following luminous... | |
 | Henry Nelson Coleridge - Greek poetry - 1830 - 262 pages
...proved, indeed, to the uttermost by Cicero, and by him found wanting; yet majestic in its bareness, impressive in its conciseness ; the true language of History, instinct with the spirit of nations, arid not with the passions of individuals ; breathing the maxims of the world and not the tenets of... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1831 - 620 pages
...proved indeed to the uttermost by Cicero, and by him found wanting ; yet majestic in its barrenness, impressive in its conciseness ; the true language...haughty Sallust, by the open and discursive Livy, by the reserved and thoughtful Tacitus.'* We must not, however, forget that the subject of our article... | |
 | 1831 - 624 pages
...proved indeed to the uttermost by Cicero, and by him found wanting ; yet majestic in its barrenness, impressive in its conciseness ; the true language...haughty Sallust, by the open and discursive Livy, by the reserved and thoughtful Tacitus.' * We must not, however, forget that the subject of our article... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1831 - 620 pages
...Cicero, and by him found wanting ; yet majestic in its barrenness, impressive in its conci^eness ; the true language of history, instinct with the spirit...haughty Sallust, by the open and discursive Livy, by the reserved and thoughtful Tacitus.' * We must not, however, forget that the subject of our article... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1833 - 574 pages
...proved, indeed, to the uttermost by Cicero, and by him found wanting ; yet majestic in its barrenness, impressive in its conciseness ; the true language...haughty Sallust, by the open and discursive Livy, or by the reserved and thoughtful Tacitus. ' These inestimable advantages, which no modern skill can... | |
 | Henry Nelson Coleridge - Greek poetry - 1834 - 526 pages
...proved, indeed, to the uttermost by Cicero, and by him found wanting; yet majestic in its bareness, impressive in its conciseness ; the true language...and not the tenets of the schools ; one and uniform * I do not think any Greek could have understood, or sympathized with, Juvenal. Is it possible to put... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1841 - 530 pages
...in its barrenness, impressive in its conciseness, the true language of history, uniform in its air, whether touched by the stern and haughty Sallust, by the open and discursive Livy, or by the reserved and thoughtful Tacitus." But it is not my object to eulogize the ancient languages.... | |
 | Religion - 1841 - 532 pages
...in its barrenness, impressive in its conciseness, the true language of history, uniform in its air, whether touched by the stern and haughty Sallust, by the open and discursive Livy, or by the reserved and thoughtful Tacitus." But it is not my object to eulogize the ancient languages.... | |
 | Theology - 1841 - 524 pages
...in its barrenness, impressive in its conciseness, the true language of history, uniform in its air, whether touched by the stern and haughty Sallust, by the open and discursive Livy, or by the reserved and thoughtful Tacitus." But it is not my object to eulogize the ancient languages.... | |
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Cicero, and by him found wanting ; yet majestic in its bareness, impressive in its conciseness ; the true language of history, instinct with the spirit of nations, and not with the passions of individuals; breathing the maxims of the world, and not the... 
