 We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous friend. We cannot, in estimating the character of an individual, leave out of our consideration his conduct in the most important of all human relations ; and...  Lord Macaulay's Essays ; And, Lays of Ancient Rome - Page 19by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 924 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 258 pages
...understand the common phrase, a good man, but a bad king. We 10 can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous...important of all human relations ; and if in that relation 15 we find him to have been selfish, cruel, and deceitful, we shall take the liberty to call him a... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 254 pages
...consideration his conduct in the most important of all human relations; and if in that relation 15 we find him to have been selfish, cruel, and deceitful,...temperance at table, and all his regularity at chapel. We cannot refrain from adding a few words respecting a topic on which the defenders of Charles are... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1909 - 216 pages
...phrase, a good man but a bad king. We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a 20 good man and a treacherous friend. We cannot, in estimating...temperance at table and all his regularity at chapel. • We cannot refrain from adding a few words respecting a topic on which the defenders of Charles... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1899 - 188 pages
...understand the common phrase, a good man, but a bad king. We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous...man, in spite of all his temperance at table, and 20 all his regularity at chapel. § 64. We cannot refrain from adding a few words respecting a topic... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1899 - 280 pages
...understand the common phrase, a good man, but a bad king. We can as easily conceive a good man and $ an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous...relations ; and if in that relation we find him to 10 have been selfish, cruel, and deceitful, we shall take the liberty to call him a bad man, in spite... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1899 - 266 pages
...understand the common phrase, a good man, but a bad king. We can as easily conceive a good man and s an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous...consideration his conduct in the most important of all Iniman relations ; and if in that relation we find him to 10 have been selfish, cruel, and deceitful,... | |
 | Frank Townsend Southwick - Oratory - 1900 - 488 pages
...understand the common phrase, a good man, but a bad king. We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous...temperance at table, and all his regularity at chapel. A PSALM OF LIFE [Persuasive inflections.] Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream... | |
 | Abraham Howry Espenshade - College readers - 1901 - 232 pages
...understand the common phrase, a good man, but a bad king. We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous...temperance at table and all his regularity at chapel. A SPEECH AGAINST BRIBERY DEMOSTHENES The " Third Philippic," from which the following selection is... | |
 | Abraham Howry Espenshade - College readers - 1901 - 236 pages
...understand the common phrase, a good man, but a bad king. We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous...temperance at table and all his regularity at chapel. A SPEECH AGAINST BRIBERY DEMOSTHENES The "Third Philippic," from which the following selection is taken,... | |
 | Abraham Howry Espenshade - College readers - 1901 - 226 pages
...understand the common phrase, a good man, but a bad king. We can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous...temperance at table and all his regularity at chapel. A SPEECH AGAINST BRIBERY DEMOSTHENES The "Third Philippic," from which the following selection is taken,... | |
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