 | 1852 - 780 Seiten
...the author. The fashion of later times is different. A more exact narrative is given by the writer. Bacon's censure, we admit it with regret, thru the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 Seiten
...the author. The fashion of later times is dille rent. A more exact narrative is given by the writer. It may be doubted whether more exact notions are conveyed...those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature ¡ ami we are not aware, that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration... | |
 | Samuel Lucas - 1859 - 378 Seiten
...the author. The fashion of later times is different. A more exact narrative is given by the writer. It may be doubted whether more exact notions are conveyed to the reader. The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight admixture of caricature; and we are not certain that the beat... | |
 | 1860 - 598 Seiten
...half-defence of the method in his essay on Machiavelli: " The best portraits," he says, " are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature; and we are not certain that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative... | |
 | 1861 - 594 Seiten
...personages, on accurate and lively description, for their effect on the reader's mind. Both think that " the best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature." Lord Macaulay was the founder of a new school. The canons of criticism on which he proceeds are found... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1860 - 612 Seiten
...the essay on Machiavelli, in which the following sentences occur : " The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature, and we are not certain that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1861 - 600 Seiten
...personages, on accurate and lively description, for their effect on the reader's mind. Both think that " the best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature." Lord Macaulay was the founder of a new school. The canons of criticism on which he proceeds are found... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 462 Seiten
...be doubted whether more exact notions may be conveyed to the reader. The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature ; and we are not certain that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative... | |
 | Samuel Lucas - 1862 - 424 Seiten
...the author. The fashion of later times is different. A more exact narrative is given by the writer. It may be doubted whether more exact notions are conveyed to the reader. The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight admixture of caricature ; and we are not certain that the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 Seiten
...the author. The fashion of later times is different. A more exact narrative is given by the writer. It may be doubted whether more exact notions are conveyed to the reader. The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature, and we are not certain, that the best... | |
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The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature, and we are not certain that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative is judiciously employed. Something is lost... 
