 In truth, we are under a deception, similar to that which misleads the traveller in the Arabian desert. Beneath the caravan all is dry and bare ; but far in advance, and far in the rear, is the semblance of refreshing waters. The pilgrims hasten forward,...  The Western Quarterly Review - Стр. 2111849Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1849 - Страниц: 604
...estimate of the past. ' In truth we are under a deception similar to that which ' misleads the traveller in the Arabian desert. Beneath the ' caravan all is...illusion seems to haunt nations through every stage ' of the long progress from poverty and barbarism to the highest ' degrees 01 opulence and civilisation.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - Страниц: 664
...If we were perfectly satisfied with the present, we should cease to contrive, to labor, and to save with a view to the future. And it is natural that,...illusion seems to haunt nations through every stage of the long progress from poverty and barbarism to the highest degrees of opulence and civilization. "... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - Страниц: 664
...If we were perfectly satisfied with the present, we should cease to contrive, to labor, and to save with a view to the future. And it is natural that,...where, an hour before, they had seen a lake ; they turn thoir eyes, and see a lake where, an hour before, they wore toiling through sand. A similar illusion... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - Страниц: 470
...estimate of the past. In truth we are under a deception similar to that which misleads the traveller in the Arabian desert. Beneath the caravan all is...illusion seems to haunt nations through every stage of the long progress from poverty and barbarism to the highest degrees of opulence and civilisation. But,... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 556
...estimate of the past. " In truth, we are under a deception similar to that which misleads the traveller in the Arabian desert. Beneath the caravan all is...illusion seems to haunt nations through every stage of the long progress from poverty and barbarism to the highest degrees of opulence and civilization. But... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - Страниц: 464
...estimate of the past. In truth we are under a deception similar to that which misleads the traveller in the Arabian desert. Beneath the caravan all is...illusion seems to haunt nations through every stage of the long progress from poverty and barbarism to the highest degrees of opulence and civilisation. But,... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 542
...estimate of the past. " In truth, we are under a deception similar to that which misleads the traveller in the Arabian desert. Beneath the caravan all is...forward, and find nothing but sand where, an hour before, _they had seen a lake ; they turn their eyes, and see a lake where, an hour before, they were toiling... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - Страниц: 560
...estimate of the past. In truth we are under a deception similar to that which misleads the traveller in the Arabian desert. Beneath the caravan all is dry and bare ; but far in advance, and far hi the rear, is the semblance of refreshing waters. The pilgrims hasten forward and find nothing but... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1850 - Страниц: 470
...estimate of the past. In truth, we are under a deception, similar to that which misleads the traveller in the Arabian desert. Beneath the caravan all is...illusion seems to haunt nations through every stage of the long progress from poverty and barbarism, to the highest degrees of opulence and civilization ;... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - Страниц: 552
...estimate of the past. In truth we are under a deception similar to that which misleads the traveller in the Arabian desert. Beneath the caravan all is...they were toiling through sand. A similar illusion o* seems to haunt nations through every stage of the long progress from poverty and barbarism to the... | |
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