| William Swinton - 1880 - 240 pages
...give form to a mass of matter. sub'tle-ty (sut'l-ty), acuteness of intellect. IF we consider merely the subtlety of disquisition, the force of imagination,...the perfect energy and elegance of expression, which characterize the great works of Athenian genius, we must pronounce them intrinsically most valuable.... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 240 pages
...give form to a mass of matter. sub'tle-ty (sut'l-ty), acuteness of intellect. IF we consider merely the subtlety of disquisition, the force of imagination,...the perfect energy and elegance of expression, which characterize the great works of Athenian genius, we must pronounce them intrinsically most valuable.... | |
| 1903 - 710 pages
...ft mortem liberal olucation," Educational Kevlew. Oct. 'ยป.">. Macaulay, (J) "If we consider merely the subtlety of disquisition, the force of imagination,...the perfect energy and elegance of expression, which characterize the great works of Athenian genius, we must pronounce them intrinsically most valuable... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 682 pages
...accuracy of a judge, in the veneration of a worshipper and the gratitude of a child. If we consider merely the subtlety of disquisition, the force of imagination,...the perfect energy and elegance of expression, which characterize the great works of Athenian genius, we must pronounce them intrinsically most valuable... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...printer's devil. LORD MACAUI.AY: Crcter's Edition of Sos-afelFs Johnson, Sept. 1831. If we consider merely " characterize the great works of Athenian history, we must pronounce them intrinsically most valuable... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1882 - 878 pages
...accuracy of a judge, in the veneration of a worshipper and the gratitude of a child. If we consider merely the subtlety of disquisition, the force of imagination,...the perfect energy and elegance of expression, which characterize the great works of Athenian genius, we must pronounce them intrmsically most valuable... | |
| William Morley Punshon - 1882 - 520 pages
...accuracy of a judge in the veneration of a worshipper, and the gratitude of a child. If we consider merely the subtlety of disquisition, the force of imagination,...the perfect energy and elegance of expression, which characterize the great works of Athenian genius, we must pronounce them intrinsically most valuable... | |
| Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 pages
...His " Lays of Ancient Rome " will always be a favorite with young readers. 1. IF we consider merely the subtlety of disquisition, the force of imagination,...the perfect energy and elegance of expression, which characterize the great works of Athenian genius, we must pronounce them intrinsically most valuable;... | |
| James Johonnot - 1885 - 202 pages
...musketry, the clashing blade ; LESSON LXIV. ATHENIAN LITERATURE. "If we consider merely the subtilty of disquisition, the force of imagination, the perfect energy, and elegance of expression, which characterize the great works of Athenian genius, we must pronounce them intrinsically most valuable... | |
| 1887 - 668 pages
...well as a most royally endowed child of Christian civilization, testifies : " If we consider merely the subtlety of disquisition, the force of imagination,...the perfect energy and elegance of expression, which characterize the great works of Athenian genius, we must pronounce them intrinsically most valuable... | |
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