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| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 136 pages
...malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, Home Tooke, never could 15 read that passage without tears. 28. The public, on this occasion, did Johnson full justice,...received by the world with cold esteem. But Johnson's " Diction- 20 ary" was hailed with an enthusiasm such as no similar work has ever excited. It was indeed... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 270 pages
...malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, Home Tooke, never could 1.5 read that passage without tears. 28. The public, on this occasion, did Johnson full justice,...received by the world with cold esteem. But Johnson's " Diction- 20 ary" was hailed with an enthusiasm such as no similar work has ever excited. It was indeed... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 112 pages
...pathetically that the ablest and most malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, Home Tooke, 3 never could read that passage without tears. The public,...justice, and something more than justice. The best 1 Edited by Edward Moore (1712-1757), a forgotten poet. Chesterfield and Horace Walpole wrote for it,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1898 - 602 pages
...ablest , ;. . I ^ 9 and most malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, \'> fc ^ Home Tooke, never could read that passage without tears. The public,...The best lexicographer may well be content if his productipns are received by the world with cold esteem./But Johnson's Dictionary was hailed with an... | |
| Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Adaline Wheelock Sterling - Readers - 1901 - 526 pages
...pathetically that the ablest and most malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, Home Tooke, never could read that passage without tears. The public,...has ever excited. It was indeed the first dictionary that could be read with pleasure. MACAULAY : " Essay on Samuel Johnson." FIFTH READER 85. L' ALLEGRO... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 152 pages
...malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, Horne Tooke, never could read that passage without tears. 25 28. The public, on this occasion, did Johnson' full justice,...enthusiasm such as no similar work has ever excited. 30 It was indeed the first dictionary which could be read with pleasure. The definitions show so much... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1904 - 136 pages
...malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, Home Tooke, never could read that passage without tears. 2 5 28. The public, on this occasion, did Johnson full justice,...enthusiasm such as no similar work has ever excited. 30 It was indeed the first dictionary which could be read with pleasure. The definitions show so much... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 136 pages
...malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, Home Tooke, never could read that passage without tears. 25 28. The public, on this occasion, did Johnson full justice,...enthusiasm such as no similar work has ever excited. pages. The faults of the book resolve themselves, for the most part, into one great fault. Johnson... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 294 pages
...pathetically that the ablest and most malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, Home Tooke,0 never could read that passage without tears. The public, on this occasion, did Johnson full jus- 25 tice, and something more than justice. The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions... | |
| Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1904 - 520 pages
...pathetically that the ablest and most malevolent of all the enemies of his fame, Home Tooke, never could read that passage without tears. The public,...has ever excited. It was indeed the first dictionary that could be read with pleasure. MACAUJ-AY : " Essay on Samuel Johnson." 85. L'ALLEGRO By John Milton... | |
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