Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, PCwas a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer; his books on British history have been hailed as literary masterpieces. He was a member of the Babington family by virtue of his aunt's marriage to Thomas Babington...
book literature western
Western literature has been more influenced by the Bible than any other book.
passion men play
In the plays of Shakespeare man appears as he is, made up of a crowd of passions which contend for the mastery over him, and govern him in turn.
imagination rant ifs
If ever Shakespeare rants, it is not when his imagination is hurrying him along, but when he is hurrying his imagination along.
judging society flow
The upper current of society presents no pertain criterion by which we can judge of the direction in which the under current flows.
art nature caprice
So true it is, that nature has caprices which art cannot imitate.
beautiful kings book
If anybody would make me the greatest king that ever lived, with palaces, and gardens and fine dinners, and wine, and coaches, and beautiful clothes, and hundreds of servants, on condition that I would not read books, I would not be a king.
wages tests england
But the time will come when New England will be as thickly peopled as old England. Wages will be as low, and will fluctuate as much with you as with us. You will have your Manchesters and Birminghams; and, in those Manchesters and Birminghams, hundreds of thousands of artisans will assuredly be sometimes out of work. Then your institutions will be fairly brought to the test.
hands creation priests
Nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
art mean color
By poetry we mean the art of employing of words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination; the art of doing by means of words, what the painter does by means of colors.
errors reason said
We cannot absolutely prove that those are in error who tell us that society has reached a turning point, that we have seen our best days. But so said all before us, and with just as much apparent reason.
pages volume
A page digested is better than a volume hurriedly read.
self devotion
Complete self-devotion is woman's part.
mean adaptation finesse
Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.
christian fiction example
In employing fiction to make truth clear and goodness attractive, we are only following the example which every Christian ought to propose to himself.