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...
imagination miracle mind
This is the highest miracle of genius, that things which are not should be as though they were, that the imaginations of one mind should become the personal recollections of another.
art imagination grace
In taste and imagination, in the graces of style, in the arts of persuasion, in the magnificence of public works, the ancients were at least our equals.
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If ever Shakespeare rants, it is not when his imagination is hurrying him along, but when he is hurrying his imagination along.
imagination advancement creation
Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularity is indispensable to the creations of the imagination.
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The sentinel on Whitehall gate looked forth into the night.
confusion would-be behinds
Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And those before cried "Back!
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I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something that shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies.
propensity venture
A propensity which, for want of a better name, we will venture to christen Boswellism.
bind chains kings links
Obadiah Bind - their - kings - in - chains - and -their - nobles - with - links - of - iron.
bridge either hand stand
Now who will stand on either hand / And keep the bridge with me?
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Few of the many wise apothegms, which have been uttered from the time of the seven sages of Greece to that of poor Richard, have prevented a single foolish action
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An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia
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We have heard it said that five per cent is the natural interest of money.
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He . . . felt towards those whom he had deserted that peculiar malignity which has, in all ages, been characteristic of apostates.