 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 424 pages
...if we call the attention of our readers to the causes and to the consequences of that great event. We said that the history of England is the history...with more propriety be called a history of actions The interval which elapsed between the Restoration and the Revolution, naturally divides itself into... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...we call the attention of our readers to the I causes and to the consequences of that great I event. is rank, his learning, or his reputation, was to purge himself to the satisf lake a comprehensive view of it, it is so. But when examined in small separate portions, it may with... | |
 | London univ - 1852 - 358 pages
...Latin Prose : If we take a comprehensive view of the history of England, it is the history of progress. But when examined in small separate portions, it may with more propriety be called the history of actions and re-actions. The motion of the public mind in our country resembles that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 pages
...if we call the attention of our readers to the causes and to the consequences of that great event. We said that the history of England is the history...often thought that the motion of the public mind in cur country resembles that of the sea when the tide is rising. Each successive w^ave rushes forward,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...if we call the attention of our readers to the causes and to the consequences of that great event. We said that the history of England is the history...small separate portions, it may with more propriety b« called a history of actions and reactions. We have often thought that the motion of the public... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 466 pages
...if we eall the attention of our readers to the eauses and to the eonsequenees of that great event. We said that the history of England is the history of progress, and when we take a eomprehensive view of it, it is so. But when examined in small separate portions, it may with more... | |
 | Richard Whately - English language - 1865 - 364 pages
...the illiberality and intolerance of Sir ThomosMore." — Edinb Review, July, 1835, p. 282. "We have said that the history of England is the history of...resembles that of the sea when the tide is rising. Eacn successive wave rushes forward, breaks, and rolls back ; but the great flood is steadily coming... | |
 | Scotland free church, gen. assembly - 1871 - 824 pages
...the matter in hand. He says, "When we take a comprehensive view of it, it is a history of progress. But when examined in small separate portions, it may...that the motion of the public mind in our country re sembles that of the sea when the tide is rising. Each successive wave rushes forward, breaks, and... | |
 | Richard Whately - English language - 1871 - 558 pages
...illiberality and intolerance of Sir Thomas More." — Edinb. Review, July, 1835, p. 282. " vVe have said that the history of England is the history of...progress, and, when we take a comprehensive view of h, it is so. But, when examined in small separate portions, it may with more propriety be called a... | |
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We said that the history of England is the history of progress, and, when we take a comprehensive view of it, it is so. But when examined in small separate portions, it may with more propriety be called a history of actions and reactions. 
