 They are powerful, not only to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring to emulate, not indeed the sublime works with which his genius has...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 443edited by - 1844Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...not only to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the Great Poet and Patriot, without...enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he laboured for the public good, the fortitude with which he endured every private calamity, the lofty... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 276 pages
...malignancy of his enemies, have sought to load it, " We envy not the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without...enriched our literature, — but the zeal with which he laboured for the public good, the fortitude with which he endured every private calamity, the lofty... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...not only to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study cither the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without...enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he laboured for the public good, the fortitude with which he looked down on temptations and dangers, the... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 494 pages
...literature, — but the zeal with which he laboured for the public good, the fortitude with which be endured every private calamity, the lofty disdain with which he looked down on temptations and dangers, the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants, and the faith which... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pages
...not only to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the Great Poet and Patriot, without...calamity, the lofty disdain with which he looked down on temptations and dangers, the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants, and the faith which... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 pages
...not only to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great Poet and Patriot, without...enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he laboured for the public good, the fortitude with which he endured every private calamity, the lofty... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 pages
...to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can MACAO. 31 study the life and writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring...enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he laboured for the public good, the fortitude with which he endured every private calamity, the lofty... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...to delight, but to elevate and purify. Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or th« t the point of the sword, and ihe door was instantly ooc literature, but the zeal with which he laboured Tor the public good, the fortitude with which lie... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 pages
...heirs of heaven." With the eloquent Macaulay, we do not envy " the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without...enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he laboured for the public good — the fortitude with which he endured every private calamity — the... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...sublime works with which his genius has enriched our literature, but the zeal with which he laboured for the public good — the fortitude with which he...— the lofty disdain with which he looked down on temptations and dangers — the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants — and the faith... | |
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