 Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring to emulate, not indeed the sublime works with which his genius has enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he...  Macaulay's Essays on Milton and Addison - Page 89by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 211 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the Great Poet and Patriot, without aspiring...calamity, the lofty disdain with which he looked down on temptations and dangers, the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants, and the faith which... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 276 pages
...of his enemies, have sought to load it, " We envy not the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring...calamity, the lofty disdain with which he looked down on temptations and dangers, the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants, and the faith which... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study cither the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring...laboured for the public good, the fortitude with which he looked down on temptations and dangers, the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants, and... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 494 pages
...of his enemies, have sought to load it, " We envy not the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring...laboured for the public good, the fortitude with which be endured every private calamity, the lofty disdain with which he looked down on temptations and dangers,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the Great Poet and Patriot, without aspiring...enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he labored for the public good, the fortitude with which he endured every private calamity, the lofty... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 pages
...to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can MACAO. 31 study the life and writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring...calamity, the lofty disdain with which he looked down on temptations and dangers, the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants, and the faith which... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nordo we envy the man who can study either the lil'u or the writings of the great Poet and Patriot without aspiring...enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he labored for the public good, the fortitude with which he endured every private calamity, the lofty... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great Poet and Patriot, without aspiring...enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he labored for the public good, the fortitude with which he endured every private calamity, the lofty... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or th« t the point of the sword, and ihe door was instantly ooc literature, but the zeal with which he laboured Tor the public good, the fortitude with which lie... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...heaven." With the eloquent Macaulay, wo do not envy " the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring...— the lofty disdain with which he looked down on temptations and dangers — the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants — and the faith... | |
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