Occasional Addresses, 1893-1916Macmillan, 1918 - 194 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 21
Page 16
... like a game of whist . The fatal consequences of defective imagination are , of course , no- where better illustrated than in the criticisms of 66 66 posterity upon historical characters and events . Mr. Morley 16 I CRITICISM.
... like a game of whist . The fatal consequences of defective imagination are , of course , no- where better illustrated than in the criticisms of 66 66 posterity upon historical characters and events . Mr. Morley 16 I CRITICISM.
Page 21
... better paid for than any other books in the world . " They are " addressed to the everyday mind " ; they are " not profitable for doctrine , for reproof , or for edification " ; they were not dragged into being and hammered into shape ...
... better paid for than any other books in the world . " They are " addressed to the everyday mind " ; they are " not profitable for doctrine , for reproof , or for edification " ; they were not dragged into being and hammered into shape ...
Page 23
... better repays an occasional visit than William Hazlitt . What , for instance , can be better than this sentence of his on Burke ? " Johnson and Junius shrink up into little antithetic points and well - tuned sentences . But Burke's ...
... better repays an occasional visit than William Hazlitt . What , for instance , can be better than this sentence of his on Burke ? " Johnson and Junius shrink up into little antithetic points and well - tuned sentences . But Burke's ...
Page 30
... better brains , and a readier pen , should ignominiously fail . We can easily enumerate a number of qualities , some of them commonplace enough , which the ideal biographer ought to possess - quick observation , a retentive memory , a ...
... better brains , and a readier pen , should ignominiously fail . We can easily enumerate a number of qualities , some of them commonplace enough , which the ideal biographer ought to possess - quick observation , a retentive memory , a ...
Page 34
... better man than their author . It is amazing , at first sight , that he can imagine that such a belief will be able to survive the disclosure which he proceeds to make , of ungoverned impulse , of infirmity , and even of baseness . As ...
... better man than their author . It is amazing , at first sight , that he can imagine that such a belief will be able to survive the disclosure which he proceeds to make , of ungoverned impulse , of infirmity , and even of baseness . As ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adam Smith Address admirable ALFRED LYTTELTON ambition ancient Authorised Version autobiography Bacon Balliol BENJAMIN JOWETT better biography called century Classical College criticism duty Edinburgh Edward Clarke Empire England faculty famous feel Francis Bacon genius George Grote greatest Greek Grote Hadrian Haydon honour House of Commons human illustration intellectual interest judgment King knowledge language Latin learning Leslie Stephen less literary literature lives London Lord Majesty master Matthew Arnold memory ment mind Minoan nature never Omar Khayyám once Oxford perhaps philosophy poetry poets practice reader recognise remember River Duddon Royal Society scholars scholarship Scott Scottish sense Shakespeare Sir Edward Clarke SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN speak Speech delivered spirit strenuous student style supreme sympathy teaching temper thought tion to-day true truth University vivid whole words Wordsworth worthy writing