 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - Страниц: 782
...Would nol hit work in that case have been more interesting ! Woold it uot have been more accurate ! n some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midnt...sketch the ruins of St. Paul's. We often hear it said rcvu Intions. Their progress in rarely indicated bf what historians are pleased to call important erents.... | |
 | 1852 - Страниц: 780
...Would not his work in that case have been more interesting 1 Would it not have been more accurate 1 pensity which, for want of a better name, we will venture to christen Roftnellism. revo lutions. Their progress is rarely indicated by what historians are pleased to call important events.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - Страниц: 764
...Would not his work in that case have been more interesting 7 Would it not have been more accurate 1 Л history in which every particular incident \ may be...humanity — these are, for the most part, noiseless revo lutions. Their progress is rarely indicated by what historians are pleased to call imnortanj events.... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - Страниц: 516
...business-transactions of the political world are of the intelligible description. Mr. Macaulay has himself said : "A history, in which every particular incident may...wealth, from knowledge to ignorance, from ferocity to humanity,—these are, for the most part, noiseless revolutions. Their progress is rarely indicated... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - Страниц: 770
...Would not his work in that case have been more interesting Î Would it not have been more accurate] A history in which every particular incident may be...whole be false. The circumstances which have most ml'.uence on the happiness of mankind, the changes of manners and morals, the transition of communilies... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - Страниц: 780
...Fleetwood. Would not his work in that case have been more interesting? Would it not have been more accurate? A history in which every particular incident may be...humanity — these are, for the most part, noiseless revo lutions. Their progress is rarely indicated by what historians are pleased to call importan! M... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - Страниц: 426
...that! ^» case have been more interesting ? Would it not havej been more accurate ? AhistorjL injwhich every particular incident may be true may on the whole...wealth, from knowledge to ignorance, from ferocity to humanity—these are, for the most part, noiseless revolutions. Their progress is rarely indicated... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - Страниц: 424
...Would not his work in that case have been more interesting ? Would it not have been more accurate ? A history in which every particular incident may be...the changes of manners and morals, the transition oft communities from poverty to wealth, from knowledge to ignorance, from ferocity to humanity—these... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - Страниц: 752
...Would not his work in that case have been more interesting 1 Would it not have been more accurate 1 \JL ish, and he would not be satisfied unless he saw it...with his own eyes. Ciive had an expedient ready. — thf.se are, for the most part, noiseless revo lutions. Their progress is rarely indicated by what... | |
 | 1865 - Страниц: 980
...how history was got at- and how it was written. Hear the sume writer again upon historical truth: — "A history in which every particular incident may be true may, on the «hole, be false. The circumstances which have most iuUuenceon the happiness of mankind, the changes... | |
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A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false. The circumstances which have most influence on the happiness of mankind, the changes of manners and morals, the transition of communities from poverty to wealth, from... 
