 ... stage were most licentious. They were not men of letters; they were, as a body, unpopular; they could not defend themselves ; and the public would not take them under its protection. They were therefore abandoned, without reserve, to the tender mercies...  Macaulay's Essay on Milton - Page 72by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1915 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...the tender mercies of the satirists and dramatists. The ostentatious simplicity of their dress, Iheir sour aspect, their nasal twang, their stiff posture,...learnt. And he who approaches this subject should carefully guard against the influence of that potent ridicule which has already misled so many excellent... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...They were therefore abandoned, without reserve, to the tender mercies of the satirists and dramatists. The ostentatious simplicity of their dress, their...learnt. And he who approaches this subject should carefully guard against the influence of that potent ridicule, which has already misled so many excellent... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...They were therefore abandoned, without reserve, to the tender mercies of the satirists and dramatists. The ostentatious simplicity of their dress, their...introduced on every occasion, their contempt of human ^earning, their detestation of polite amusements, were indeed fair game for the laughers. But it is... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - Bible - 1840 - 644 pages
...They were therefore abandoned, without reserve to the tender mercies of the satirists and dramatists. The ostentatious simplicity of their dress, their sour aspect, their nasal twang, their still postures, their long graces, their Hebrew names, the scriptural phrases which they introduced... | |
 | John Stoughton - Windsor (Berkshire, England) History - 1844 - 266 pages
...there was a halo of sublimity encircling their enthusiasm, such as rarely gilds the path of mortals. " The ostentatious simplicity of their dress, their...graces, their Hebrew names, the scriptural phrases they introduced on every occasion, their contempt of human learning, their detestation of polite amusements,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 614 pages
...theii nasal twang, their stití'posture, their long graces their Hebrew names, the Scriptural phrasei which they introduced on every occasion, their contempt of human learning, their detestation о polite amusements, were indeed fair game lor the laughers. But it is not from the laughers alone... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...They were therefore abandoned, without reserve, to the tender mercies of the satirists and dramatists; The ostentatious simplicity of their dress, their...learnt. And he who approaches this subject should carefully guard against the influence of that potent ridicule, which has already misled so many excellent... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - Great Britain - 1849 - 580 pages
...sense. " The ostentatious simplicity of their dress," said the ablest of their defenders, long ago, " their sour aspect, their nasal twang, their stiff...their contempt of human learning, their detestation of public amusements, were indeed fair game for the laughers."2 I shall conclude this long digression... | |
 | Bartholomew Elliott G. Warburton - 1849 - 588 pages
...sense. " The ostentatious simplicity of their dress," said the ablest of their defenders, long ago, " their sour aspect, their nasal twang, their stiff...their contempt of human learning, their detestation of public amusements, were indeed fair game for the laughers."2 I shall conclude this long digression... | |
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