It is ridiculous to imagine that a man, whose mind was really imbued with scorn of his fellow-creatures, would have published three or four books every year in order to tell them so ; or that a man, who could say with truth that he neither sought sympathy... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Side 5661831Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1835 - 932 sider
...Whether there ever existed, or can ever exist, a person answering to the description which he Rave of himself, may be doubted : but that he was not such a person is beyond all doubt. Il is ridiculous (o imagine that a man, whose mind was really imbued with scorn of his fellow-creatures,... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 sider
...decide. Whether there ever existed, or can ever exist, a person answering to the description which he gave of himself, may be doubted ; but that he was...would have published three or four books every year to tell them so ; or that a man, who could say with truth that he neither sought sympathy nor needed... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 sider
...decide. Whether there ever existed, or can ever exist, a person answering to the description which he et imnug. "It cannot have been the brandy which hare admitted all Europe to hear his farewell to his wife, and his blessings on his child. In the aecond... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 sider
...decide. Whether there ever existed, or can ever exist, a person answering /to the description which he gave of himself, may be doubted : but that he was...would have published three or four books every year to tell them so; or that a man, who could say with truth that he neither sought sympathy nor needed... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 sider
...decide. Whether there ever existed, or can ever exist, a person answering to the description which he gave of himself, may be doubted ; but that he was...It is ridiculous to imagine that a man, whose mind really was imbued with scorn of his fellow-creatures, would have published three or four books every... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 sider
...decide. Whether there ever existed, or can ever exist, a person answering to the description which he gave of himself, may be doubted; but that he was not...scorn of his fellow-creatures, would have published thrce or four books every year in order to tell them so; or that a man, who could say with truth that... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 sider
...decide. Whether there ever existed, or can ever exist, a person answering to the description which he y as possible, the' substance of some of these laws. As soon as Elizabeth ascended Il is ridiculous to imagine that a roan whose mind was really imbued with scorn of his fellowcreatures,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 128 sider
...decide. Whether there ever existed, or can ever exist, a person answering to the description which he gave of himself may be doubted; but that he was not such a person is beyond all doubt. It ia ridiculous to imagine that a man whose mind was really imbued with scorn of his fellow-creatures... | |
| John Connery - 1861 - 416 sider
...decide. Whether there ever existed, or can ever exist, a person answering to the description which he gave of himself, may be doubted ; but that he was not such a person is beyond all doubt. trials ; he had been crossed in his boyish love ; he had been mortified by the failure of his first... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 432 sider
...decide. Whether there ever existed, or can «ver exist, a person answering to the description which he gave of himself may be doubted; but that he was not...fellow-creatures would have published three or four hooks every year in order to tell them so; or that a man who could say with truth that he neither sought... | |
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