The Quarterly Review, Volume 66; Volume 84William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1840 - English literature |
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... Macaulay's historical narrative is poisoned with a rancour more violent than even the passions of the time ; and the literary qualities of the work , though in some respects very remarkable , are far from redeeming its substantial ...
... Macaulay's historical narrative is poisoned with a rancour more violent than even the passions of the time ; and the literary qualities of the work , though in some respects very remarkable , are far from redeeming its substantial ...
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... Macaulay . He opens his next chapter with the following emphatic paragraph : — ' The acquittal of the bishops was ... Macaulay has at least spared his own pen that mortifying avowal . It is but fair to observe that Mr. Macaulay , giving ...
... Macaulay . He opens his next chapter with the following emphatic paragraph : — ' The acquittal of the bishops was ... Macaulay has at least spared his own pen that mortifying avowal . It is but fair to observe that Mr. Macaulay , giving ...
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... Macaulay's cited authorities and the use he makes of them . Nothing but such a collation could give a perfect idea of Mr. Macaulay's style of misdating , garbling , and colouring acknow- ledged facts as to produce all the effect of ...
... Macaulay's cited authorities and the use he makes of them . Nothing but such a collation could give a perfect idea of Mr. Macaulay's style of misdating , garbling , and colouring acknow- ledged facts as to produce all the effect of ...
Contents
Presbytery examined an Essay Critical and Historical | 78 |
Nineveh and its Remains By Austen Henry Layard | 106 |
Years By C H Hermes | 185 |
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