 If a man, such as we are supposing, should write the history of England, he would assuredly not omit the battles, the sieges, the negotiations, the seditions, the ministerial changes. But with these he would intersperse the details which are the charm...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 65by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1890 - 1100 pages
...WiÎnc°otaln i3 л beautiful painted Cathedral, window, which was made by an apprentice out of tue She held those tenets firmly through times of oppression,...licentiousness; while law was trampled down ; while judgment lias used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1891 - 482 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...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1891 - 470 pages
...increased or diminished, not according to the dignity of the persons concerned in them, but aecording to the degree in which they elucidate the condition...vanquished artist killed himself from mortification. Sir AValter Scott, in the same manner, has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1891 - 462 pages
...the camp, * Essay on " History." All the remaining quotations on the page are from the eame source. and the senate; but he shows us also the nation. He...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy ; he has constructed... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - History - 1893 - 460 pages
...by appropriate images presented in every line. If a man such as we are supposing should write the 7 history of England, he would assuredly not omit the...tradition, the vanquished artist killed himself from 8 mortification. Sir Walter Scott, in the same manner, has used those fragments of truth which historians... | |
 | New England - 1897 - 800 pages
...services of writers like Sir Walter Scott. "At Lincoln Cathedral," says Macaulay in his essay on History, "there is a beautiful painted window, which was made...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully flung behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1898 - 682 pages
...work the character and ^spiiitofan_^gej is exhibited in miniature. He relates no factTheattributes no expression to his characters, which is not authenticated...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 236 pages
...attractions which have been usurped by fiction. In his narrative a due subordination is"o"Eserved ; some transactions are prominent, others retire. But...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - English essays - 1900 - 468 pages
...understand the condition of mankind in former ages, must proceed on the same principle. If he attend only to public transactions, to wars, congresses,...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
 | Historiography - 1900 - 178 pages
...not merely by a few general phrases or a few extracts from statistical documents, but by oppropriate images presented in every line. If a man, such as...has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them in a manner which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
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