 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
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...philosophy. But these are not her glory. Wherever literature consoles 25 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 talo, did not hesitate to 30 abandon to his comrade the camels with their load... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. The dervise, in the Arabian tale, did not hesitate to 30 abandon to his comrade the camels with their load...jewels and gold, while he retained the casket of that mysterious juice which enabled him to behold at one glance all the hidden riches of the universe. Surely... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - English language - 1864 - 516 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - Booksellers and bookselling - 1864 - 360 pages
..." New Zealander," may not turn away from the original sketch of that personage : — " The dervise, in the Arabian tale, did not hesitate to abandon to...jewels and gold, while he retained the casket of that mysterious juice which enabled him to behold at one glance all the hidden riches of the universe. Surely... | |
 | William Everett - 1865 - 418 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...its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens." * * Macaulay, Essay on Mitford's Greece. III. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION AND STUDY. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 730 pages
...philosophy. But these are not her glory. "Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain, — •wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...philosophy. 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. ;/ eye, -which gives us to contem'plate the infinite wealth of the mental world; all the hoarded treasures... | |
 | William Howard Van Doren - 1867 - 606 pages
...impress upon the literature of the world. — " Wherever literature consoles sorrow or assuages pain — wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with...its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens." Macaulay. — Greek language was the tongue of all civilized nations, as French at present. — The... | |
 | William Everett - 1867 - 420 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...exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athena." * * Macaulay, Essay on Mitford's Greece. III. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION AND STUDY. COMPETITIVE... | |
 | William Everett - 1867 - 420 pages
...consoles sorrow or assuages pain ; wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with \vakefulness and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long...its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens." * * Macaulay, Essay on Mitford's Greece. III. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION AND STUDY. COMPETITIVE EXAMIN... | |
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