In mental cultivation Scotland had an indisputable superiority. Though that kingdom was then the poorest in Christendom, it already vied in every branch of learning with the most favoured countries. Scotsmen... Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose - Seite 35von Mark Napier - 1856 - 906 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 Seiten
...acting and rhetoric, which are indigenous on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. In mental cultivation Scotland had an indisputable superiority. Though that...dwellings and whose food were as wretched as those of the Icelander* of our time, wrote Latin verse with more than the delicacy of Vida, and made discoveries... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 664 Seiten
...acting and rhetoric which are indigenous on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. In mental cultivation Scotland had an indisputable superiority. Though that...already vied in every branch of learning with the most favored countries. Scotsmen whose dwellings and whose food were as wretched as those of the Icelanders... | |
| 1849 - 858 Seiten
...Sea. In mental cultivation, Scotland had an indisputable superiority. Though that kingdom was thon the poorest in Christendom, it already vied in every...most favoured countries. Scotsmen whose dwellings were as wretched as those of the Icelanders of our time — wrote Latin verso with moro than the delicacy... | |
| 1849 - 778 Seiten
...always vied in every branch of learning with the most favoured countries. Scots, whose habitations and food were as wretched as those of the Icelanders of our time, wrote Latin verses with more than the delicacy of Vida, and made discoveries in science which would have added... | |
| 1856 - 642 Seiten
...Scotland had an indisputable superiority. 1 hough that kingdom was then the poorest in Chri?-tendom, it already vied In every branch of learning with the most favoured countries. Scotchmen, whose dveltingi and whose food were se wretched as those of the Icelanders of our time?,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1858 - 480 Seiten
...acting and rhetoric, which are indigenous on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. In mental cultivation Scotland had an indisputable superiority. Though that...Vida, and made discoveries in science which would have'added to the renown of Galileo. Ireland could boast of no Buchanan or Napier. The genius, with... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1862 - 532 Seiten
...throne of Elizabeth virtually united it to England, remarks, that though it was " the poorest kingdom in Christendom, it already vied in every branch of...learning with the most favoured countries. Scotsmen," he adds," whose dwellings and whose food were as wretched as those of the Icelanders of our time, wrote... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1865 - 508 Seiten
...throne of Elizabeth virtually united it to England, remarks, that, though it was the poorest kingdom in Christendom, it already vied in every branch of learning with the most favored countries. "Scotsmen," he adds, "whose dwellings and whose food were as wretched as those of... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1865 - 516 Seiten
...throne of Elizabeth virtually united it to England, remarks, that, though it was the poorest kingdom in Christendom, it already vied in every branch of learning with the most favored countries. " Scotsmen," he adds, " whose dwellings and whose food were as wretched as those... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1869 - 602 Seiten
...throne of Elizabeth virtually united it to England, remarks, that though it was " the poorest kingdom in Christendom, it already vied in every branch of...learning with the most favoured countries. Scotsmen," he adds," whose dwellings and whose food were as wretched as those of the Icelanders of our time, wrote... | |
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