 The perfect historian is he in whose work the character and spirit of an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony. But, by judicious selection,...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 65by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1876 - 506 pages
...domestic hearth. He must bear with vulgar expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even the retreats of misery. He who wishes to understand the condition...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according ta the degree in which they... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1876 - 508 pages
...domestic hearth. He must bear with vulgar expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even the retreats of misery. He who wishes to understand the condition...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...an age is exhibited in miniature. He relates no fact, he attributes no expression to his characiers, which is not authenticated by sufficient testimony....; some transactions are prominent; others retire. Hut the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1877 - 498 pages
...domestic hearth. He must bear with vulgar expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even the retreats of misery. He who wishes to understand the condition...a due subordination is observed: some transactions arc prominent; others retire. But the scale on which he represents them is increased or diminished,... | |
 | University of Oxford - Greek language - 1879 - 414 pages
...difficulties, and future prospects of the larger islands. IX. French. 1. 1. Translate into French : — (1) The perfect historian is he in whose work the character...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1879 - 488 pages
...trait ; he can paint, and justly paint, any manners he chooses. ' A perfect historian,' he tells us, ' is he in whose work the character and spirit of an...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1880 - 640 pages
...domestic hearth. He must bear with vulgar expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even the retreats of misery. He who wishes to understand the condition...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 462 pages
...domestic hearth. He must bear with vulgar expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even the retreats of misery. He who wishes to understand the condition...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 460 pages
...domestic hearth. He must bear with vulgar expressions. He must not shrink from exploring even the retreats of misery. He who wishes to understand the condition...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...never think of the mighty and various organization which lies deep below. LORD MACAULAY : History. The perfect historian is he in whose work the character...he represents them is increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but according to the degree in which they... | |
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