 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
 | Iowa. General Assembly - Iowa - 1872 - 964 pages
...wherever it brings gladness tu eyes which fail with weakness and tears, and ache for the dark house and long sleep — there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens." THE CLASSICS — A FOUNTAIN FOR MODERN WRITERS. The indebtedness of modern literature in the classics should... | |
 | William Morley Punshon - Sermons, English - 1873 - 400 pages
...59 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 - 1873 - 718 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1873 - 364 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... | |
 | Archaeology - 1873 - 670 pages
...the influence of Athenian literature. It is in these words : — " The Dcrvise in the Arabian talc did not hesitate to abandon to his comrade the camels...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... | |
 | Henry C. Pedder - Knowledge, Theory of - 1874 - 200 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 Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...in 1862. THOMAS B. MACAULAY. 1800-1859. Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain, — wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with...its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens. Essay on Mitforfs History of Grfecr. Nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 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 the long sleep, — there is exhibited, in its noble form, the immortal influence of Athens. LORD MACAULAY: On Mi/ford's History of Greece, Nov. 1824.... | |
 | Catholic literature - 1877 - 446 pages
...whence has floated to us all that can inspire the intellect, teach the loftiest patriotism, and bring "gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and...tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sleep." Yet "her freedom and her power have for more than twenty centuries been annihilated ; her people have... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 240 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 loads... | |
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