 | 1831 - 738 pages
...irreclaimably abused, we are grounding our reformation on an act of revolutionary injustice. Art. XI. — Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of...the best specimens of English prose which our age baa produced. It contains, indeed, no single passage equal to two or three, which we could select from... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 pages
...we have done Untolttr. Robert Montgomery. * LIFE AND POETRY OF LORD BYRON, -jWe have read this beok with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the bcst specimens ol English prose which our age has produced. It contains, indeed, no single passage... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...the writer of it as wi? have done unto Mr. Robert Montgomery. * LIFE AND POETRY OF LORD BYRON, f We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves lo be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. Il contains, indeed,... | |
 | Churches of Christ - 1852 - 588 pages
...principles of the church, that it must commend itself to the thoughtful consideration of every sect. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to...classed among the best specimens of English prose from living writers. Its style is vigorous, chaste, and nervous, occasionally rising into eloquence... | |
 | Harper & Brothers - Catalogs, Publishers' - 1855 - 226 pages
...of his Life. By THOMAS MOORE. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75 ; Half Calf, $2 75. Considered merely ns a composition, it deserves to be classed among the...specimens of English prose which our age has produced. Of the deep and painful interest which this book excites, no abstract can give a just notion. So sad... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 pages
...this—the people will assuredly do the rest MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON. 4 [EDINBURGH REVIEW, 1831.] WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered...immeasurably superior to that work. The style is agreeable, clear/and manly; and when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...— the people will assuredly lu ihe rest MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON.' [EoiNBCEQH lUvibV.', 1831.] WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered...our age has produced. It contains, indeed, no single paslage equal to two or three which we could select from the Life of Sheridan. But, as a whole, it... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1897 - 1102 pages
...by a yet greater and holier name. MOORE'S LIFE OF LORu BYRON.* (Klinburyh Revi•te, June 1831.; WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered...style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and when it ristu into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is tho matter inferior to the manner.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1866 - 510 pages
...glorified by a yet greater and holier name. MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON.1 (Edinburgh Review, June 1831.) WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered...contains, indeed, no single passage equal to two or three wliich we could select from the Life of Sheridan. But, as a whole, it is immeasurably superior to that... | |
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We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. . . . The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and, when it rises into... 
