Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay, Release Date: November 27, 2011
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay ISBN: 9782819938101
Publisher: Release Date: November 27, 2011 Publication: November 27, 2011
Imprint: pubOne.info Language: English
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
ISBN: 9782819938101
Publisher: Release Date: November 27, 2011
Publication: November 27, 2011
Imprint: pubOne.info
Language: English
The public voice has assigned to Dryden the first place in the second rank of our poets, — no mean station in a table of intellectual precedency so rich in illustrious names. It is allowed that, even of the few who were his superiors in genius, none has exercised a more extensive or permanent influence on the national habits of thought and expression. His life was commensurate with the period during which a great revolution in the public taste was effected; and in that revolution he played the part of Cromwell. By unscrupulously taking the lead in its wildest excesses, he obtained the absolute guidance of it. By trampling on laws, he acquired the authority of a legislator. By signalising himself as the most daring and irreverent of rebels, he raised himself to the dignity of a recognised prince. He commenced his career by the most frantic outrages. He terminated it in the repose of established sovereignty, — the author of a new code, the root of a new dynasty.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
The public voice has assigned to Dryden the first place in the second rank of our poets, — no mean station in a table of intellectual precedency so rich in illustrious names. It is allowed that, even of the few who were his superiors in genius, none has exercised a more extensive or permanent influence on the national habits of thought and expression. His life was commensurate with the period during which a great revolution in the public taste was effected; and in that revolution he played the part of Cromwell. By unscrupulously taking the lead in its wildest excesses, he obtained the absolute guidance of it. By trampling on laws, he acquired the authority of a legislator. By signalising himself as the most daring and irreverent of rebels, he raised himself to the dignity of a recognised prince. He commenced his career by the most frantic outrages. He terminated it in the repose of established sovereignty, — the author of a new code, the root of a new dynasty.

More books from Release Date: November 27, 2011

Cover of the book Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 28: Rome by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book The Oakdale Affair by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book Our American Cousin by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book Original Short Stories — Volume 09 by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book Honorine by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book The Golden Amazons of Venus by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Ca by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book Christ in Flanders by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
Cover of the book Mr. Spaceship by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy