 | 1849 - 700 pages
...England terrible on the seas. Then it was that the most ancient colleges which still exist at both the great national seats of learning were founded....poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to the tongue of Greece alone. Then too appeared the first faint dawn of that noble literature, the most... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 pages
...England terrible on the seas. Then it was that the most ancient colleges which still exist at both the great national seats of learning were founded....poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to that of Greece alone. Then too appeared the first faint dawn of that noble literature, the most splendid... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 pages
...England terrible on the seas. Then it was that the most ancient colleges which still exist at both the great national seats of learning were founded....poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to the tongue of Greece alone. Then too appeared the first faint dawn of that noble literature, the most... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 664 pages
...England terrible on the seas. Then it was that the most ancient colleges which still exist at both the great national seats of learning were founded....poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to that of Greece alone. Then, too, appeared the first faint dawn of that noble literature, the most splendid... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 480 pages
...seas. Then it was that the most ancient colleges which still exist at both the great national scats of learning were founded. Then was formed that language,...poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to that of Greece alone. Then too appeared the first faint dawn of that noble literature, the most splendid... | |
 | 1849 - 442 pages
...dignity of a sciencci and rapidly became a not unwor|hy rival of the imperial jurisprudence. . . . Then was formed that language, less musical, indeed,...poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to that of Greece alone. Then, too, appeared the first dawn of that noble literature, the most splendid... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 664 pages
...England terrible on the seas. Then it was that the most ancient colleges which still exist at both the great national seats of learning were founded. Then was formed that language, loss musical, indeed, than the languages of the South, but in force, in richness, in aptitude for all... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 552 pages
...England terrible on the seas. Then it was that the most ancient colleges which still exist at both the great national seats of learning were founded....poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to the tongue of Greece alone. Then too appeared the first feint dawn of that noble literature, the most... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...England terrible on the seas. Then it was that the most ancient colleges which still exist at both the great national seats of learning were founded....poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to the tongue of Greece alone. Then, too, appeared the first dawn of that noble literature, the most splendid... | |
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1852 - 190 pages
...England terrible on the seas. Then it was that the most ancient colleges which still exist at both the great national seats of learning were founded....poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to that of Greece alone. Then, too, appeared the first faint dawn of that noble literature, the most splendid... | |
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Then was formed that language, less musical indeed than the languages of the south, but in force, in richness, in aptitude for all the highest purposes of the poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to the tongue of Greece alone. 
