 Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity and taste of his hearers, but in amplitude of comprehension and richness...  Essay on Warren Hastings - 176. oldalszerző: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 oldal
...to be one of the conductors of the impeachment. But there stood Fox and Sheridan. There was Burke, in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination, superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There appeared the finest gentleman of the age — his face beaming with intelligence... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1856 - 772 oldal
...justice to Sir Archibald's original genins. This is how Mr. Macaulay describes great men: — There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and...style to the capacity and taste of his hearers, but iti amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination, superior to every orator, ancient or modern.... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan, George Gabriel Sigmond - 1857 - 592 oldal
...speakers such as perhaps had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and...richness of imagination, superior to every orator, ancient or modern." He proceeds, in a splendid passage, which it -would be criminal to mutilate by... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 oldal
...speakers such as perhaps had not appealed together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and...richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the finest gentleman of... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 oldal
...speakers such as perhaps had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and...comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every other orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverently fixed on Burke, appeared the finest gentleman... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 360 oldal
...English Demosthenes and the EngVOL. IV — 15 lish Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, o* negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and...to the capacity and taste of his hearers ; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 338 oldal
...and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides, as Macaulay designates them. Burke, in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. The ingenious, the chivalrous, and highsouled Windham. They are all gone ! We read... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1866 - 734 oldal
...speakers such as perhaps had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and...richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the finest gentleman of... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1866 - 266 oldal
...speakers such as perhaps had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and...richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the finest gentleman of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 oldal
...great age of Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the Engltsh Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent...richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the finest gentleman of... | |
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