 | English literature - 1857 - 610 pages
...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)... | |
 | 1832 - 428 pages
...history of mankind. He has used many people ill, 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. But this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in active life, and whose... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 424 pages
...has used many people ill, 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. But this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in active life, and whose... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...of mankind. He has used many people ill, 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 early years he had occasionally seen the great ; but he had seen them as a beggar. He now came... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...of man20 kind. He has used many people ill, but assuredly he has used nobody so ill as himself. 31 That such a man should have written one of the best books in the world, is strange enough. Macaulay. Sentence 1st.—This may be treated either as a simple declarative, or a simple indirect... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...history of mankind. He has used many people ill, but assuredly he has used nobody so ill as himself. hem. A contest began, in which violence and weakness were on the one side, law and resolut Bat this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in active life, and whose... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...history of mankind. He has used many people ill, but assuredly be has used nobody so ill as himself ble, resembled magic. But the curse of Reuben was upon them all : " Unstable as water, thou But this is not all. Many persons who have conducted themselves foolishly in active life, and whose... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 422 pages
...mankind. He has used many people ill, but assuredly he has used nobody so ill as himself. That sueh 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 eondueted themselves foolishly in aetive life, and whose... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 pages
...has used many people ill ; but assuredly he has used nobody so ill as himself. That such^man_sJiould 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... | |
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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... 
