 | 1831 - 738 páginas
...Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of his Life. By THOMAS MOORE, Esq. 2 vols. 4to. London : 1830. have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered...the best specimens of English prose which our age baa produced. It contains, indeed, no single passage equal to two or three, which we could select from... | |
 | 1835 - 932 páginas
...unto the writer of it as wi? have done unto Mr. Robert Montgomery. * LIFE AND POETRY OF LORD BYRON, f We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves lo be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. Il contains, indeed,... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 páginas
...we have done Untolttr. Robert Montgomery. * LIFE AND POETRY OF LORD BYRON, -jWe have read this beok with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the bcst specimens ol English prose which our age has produced. It contains, indeed, no single passage... | |
 | 1852 - 588 páginas
...principles of the church, that it must commend itself to the thoughtful consideration of every sect. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to...classed among the best specimens of English prose from living writers. Its style is vigorous, chaste, and nervous, occasionally rising into eloquence... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 606 páginas
...English prose. " Considered merely as a composition," says Mr. Macaulay, speaking of the Life of Byron, The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or... | |
 | Harper & Brothers - 1855 - 226 páginas
...of his Life. By THOMAS MOORE. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 75 ; Half Calf, $2 75. Considered merely ns a composition, it deserves to be classed among the...specimens of English prose which our age has produced. Of the deep and painful interest which this book excites, no abstract can give a just notion. So sad... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 752 páginas
...this—the people will assuredly do the rest MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON. 4 [EDINBURGH REVIEW, 1831.] WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure....immeasurably superior to that work. The style is agreeable, clear/and manly; and when it rises into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 páginas
...— the people will assuredly lu ihe rest MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON.' [EoiNBCEQH lUvibV.', 1831.] WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure....our age has produced. It contains, indeed, no single paslage equal to two or three which we could select from the Life of Sheridan. But, as a whole, it... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 1102 páginas
...glorified by a yet greater and holier name. MOORE'S LIFE OF LORu BYRON.* (Klinburyh Revi•te, June 1831.; WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure....style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and when it ristu into eloquence, rises without effort or ostentation. Nor is tho matter inferior to the manner.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 510 páginas
...glorified by a yet greater and holier name. MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON.1 (Edinburgh Review, June 1831.) WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure....contains, indeed, no single passage equal to two or three wliich we could select from the Life of Sheridan. But, as a whole, it is immeasurably superior to that... | |
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We have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. . . . The style is agreeable, clear, and manly, and, when it rises into... 
