But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They advance from particular images to general terms. Hence the vocabulary of an enlightened society... Good, bad, and indifferent, a book of jests - Seite 13von Percival Keane (pseud.) - 1873Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 704 Seiten
...which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician, the sculptor, and the painter. But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted...an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half-civilised people is poetical. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly... | |
| 1872 - 660 Seiten
...which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician, the sculptor, and the painter ; but language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted...philosophical : that of a half-civilized people is poetical. This change in the language of men is partly the cause, and partly the effect, of a corresponding change... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 Seiten
...which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician, the sculptor, and the painter. But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted...philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly the effect of a corresponding change... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 328 Seiten
...which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician, the sculptor, and the painter. But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted...philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly the effect of a corresponding change... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 876 Seiten
...painter. But language, the machine of the poet, is best lilted for his purpose in its rudest suite. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then...an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half-civilised people is poetical. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 112 Seiten
...which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician, the sculptor, and the painter. But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted...philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly the effect of a corresponding change... | |
| Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 Seiten
...which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician, the sculptor, and the painter. But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted...an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half civilized people is poetical. Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy Poetry, without... | |
| Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 Seiten
...operations of the musician, the sculptor, and the painter. But language, the machine of the piiet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state....an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half civilized people is poetical. Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjov Poetry, without... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 640 Seiten
...which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician, the sculptor, and the painter. But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted...philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly the effect of a corresponding change... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 844 Seiten
...which are necessary to the mechanical operations of the musician, the sculptor, and the painter. But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted...They advance from particular images to general terms. This change in the language of men is partly the canse and partly the effect of a corresponding change... | |
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