 Her power is, indeed, manifested at the bar, in the senate, in the field of battle, in the schools of philosophy. But these are not her glory. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain ; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with...  The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay - Page 81by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1865 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1855 - 492 pages
...philosophy. 6. But these are not her glory. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with...its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. 7. Surely it is no exaggeration to say, that no example advantage is to be compared with that purification... | |
 | John Wilson - Abbreviations, English - 1856 - 360 pages
...of philosophy. But these are not her glory. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain ; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with...noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. The dervise, in the Arabian tale, did not hesitate to abandon to his comrade the camels with their load... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 364 pages
...of philosophy. But these are not her glory. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with...and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sleep,—there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. Tha dervise, in... | |
 | Salem Town - 1857 - 524 pages
...philosophy. 6. But these are not her glory. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain ; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with...its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. 7. Surely it is no exaggeration to say, that no external advantage is to be compared with that purification... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...of philosophy. But these arc not her glory. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and wait for the dark house and the long sleep, there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influence... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1860 - 1084 pages
...philosophy. But these are not her glory. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain, . — wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with...noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. The dervise, in the Arabian tale, did not hesitate to abandon to his comrade the camels with their load... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1897 - 1102 pages
...philosophy. But these are not her glory. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain, — wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with...and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sliep,— there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. The dervise, in... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1860 - 820 pages
...noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. The dervise, in the Arabian tale, did not helitate to abandon to his comrade the camels with their load of jewels and gold, while he re lamed the casket of that mysterious juice, which enabled him to behold at one glance all... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...philosophy. But these are not her glory. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain, — wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and wake for the dark house and the long sleep, — there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 466 pages
...assuages pain, — wherever it brings gladness to eyes whieh fail with wakefulness and tears, and aehe for the dark house and the long sleep, — there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influenee of Athens. The dervise, in the Arabian tale, did not hesitate to abandon to his eomrade the... | |
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