 | 1849 - 700 pages
...than by such a warrior as Penda. A society sunk in ignorance, arnl ruled by mere physical force, has great reason to rejoice when a class, of which the influence is intellectual and moral, rises to ascendancy. Such a class will doubtless abuse its power: but mental power, even when abused, is still... | |
 | 1849 - 468 pages
...Dunstan than by such a warrior as Penda. A society sunk in ignorance and ruled by mere physical force has great reason to rejoice when a class of which the influence is intellectual and moral rises to ascen. dancy. Such a class will doubtless abuse its power ; but mental power even when abused is still... | |
 | 1849 - 858 pages
...Duiiî>tan,than by such a warrior as Ponda. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force, has great reason to rejoice when a class, of which the...when abused, is still a nobler and better power than that which consists merely in corporeal strength. We read in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles of tyrants... | |
 | 1849 - 638 pages
...than by such a warrior as Penda. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force, has great reason to rejoice when a class of which the...when abused, is still a nobler and better power than that which consists merely in corporeal strength. We read in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles of tyrants... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 560 pages
...than by such a warrior as Penda. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force, has great reason to rejoice when a class, of which the...when abused, is still a nobler and better power than that which consists merely in corporeal strength. We read, in the AngloSaxon chronicles, of tyrants,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 pages
...than by such a warrior as Penda. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force, has great reason to rejoice when a class, of which the...when abused, is still a nobler and better power than that which consists merely in corporeal strength. We read in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles of tyrants... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 pages
...than by such a warrior as Penda. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force, has great reason to rejoice when a class, of which the...abuse its power: but mental power, even when abused, it still a nobler and better power than that which consist* merely fa corporeal strength. We read in... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 552 pages
...than by such a warrior as Penda. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force, has great reason to rejoice when a class, of which the...when abused, is still a nobler and better power than that which consists merely in corporeal strength. We read in our Saxon chronicles of tyrants, who,... | |
 | 1854 - 888 pages
...wisely remarked, that a society, sunk in ignorance and ruled by mere physical force, has great occasion to rejoice when a class, of which the influence is intellectual and moral, rises to ascendancy. The sway of intellectual and moral power, even when embodied in such men as the ancient... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - 1854 - 546 pages
...than by such a warrior as Penda. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force, has great reason to rejoice, when a class, of which the...when abused, is still a nobler and better power than that which consists merely in corporeal strength. We read in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles of tyrants,... | |
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... it is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by brute violence, by such a prelate as Dunstan than by such a warrior as Penda. A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force, has great reason to rejoice when a class,... 
