 | 1876 - 1204 pagine
...night." Lord Macaulay, too, testifies : " He found himself on the highest pinnacle of literary fame. There is scarcely an instance in history of so sudden a rise to so dizzy an eminence. Everything that could stimulate, everything that could gratify, the strongest propensities of onr nature,... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 pagine
...twenty-four li. found himself on the highest pinnacle of literary fame, with Scott, Words-, worth, Southey, and a crowd of other distinguished writers,...could stimulate, and every thing that could gratify lhc strongest propensities of our nature — the gaze of a hundred drawing-rooms, the acclamations... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pagine
...fame, with Scolt, Wordsworth, Southey, and a crowd of other distinguished writers, beneath his feel. There is scarcely an instance in history, of so sudden...stimulate, and every thing that could gratify the slrongesl propensities of our nature — the gaze of a hundred drawing-rooms, the acclamations of the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 464 pagine
...deserve. The poem which he published on his return from his travels, was, on the other hand, extolled far above its merit. At twenty-four he found himself...history of so sudden a rise to so dizzy an eminence. Everything that could stimulate, and everything that could gratify the strongest propensities of our... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 390 pagine
...return from his travels, was, on the other hand, extolled far above its merits. At twenty-four he fonnd himself on the highest pinnacle of literary fame,...history of so sudden a rise to so dizzy an eminence. Everything that could stimulate, and everything that could gratify the strongest propensities of our... | |
 | 1846 - 496 pagine
...age of twenty-four, was on the highest pinnacle of literary fame, with Scott, Wordsworth, Soulhey, and a crowd of other distinguished writers beneath...history of so sudden a rise to so dizzy an eminence. And yet how soon did this great light go out ! By plunging into every wild and desperate excess, disease... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pagine
...twenty-four he found himself on the highest pinnacle of- literary fame, with Scott, Wordsworth, Sonthey, and a crowd of other distinguished writers beneath...history of so sudden a rise to so dizzy an eminence.' So much for the character of Byron. The correctness with which Mr Macaulay describes the influence... | |
 | 1845 - 864 pagine
...twenty-four he found himself on the highest pinnacle of literary fame, with Scott, Wordsworth, Southcy, and a crowd of other distinguished writers beneath...history of so sudden a rise to so dizzy an eminence.' So much for the character of Byron. The correctness with which Mr Macaulay describes the influence... | |
 | 1852 - 672 pagine
...crowded his table. " He found himself," says Mr. Macaulay, "on the highest pinnacle of literary fame. There is scarcely an instance in history of so sudden a rise to PO dizzy an eminence. Everything that could stimulate, everything that could gratify the strongest... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pagine
...Wordsworth, Southey, and a crowd of other distinguished writers, beneath his feet There is f carcely an instance in history of so sudden a rise to so dizzy...Every thing that could stimulate, and every thing 1hat could gratify the strongest propensities of our nature — the gaze of a hundred drawing-rooms,... | |
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At twenty-four he found himself on the highest pinnacle of literary fame, with Scott, Wordsworth, Southey, and a crowd of other distinguished writers beneath his feet. There is scarcely an instance in history of so sudden a rise to so dizzy an eminence. 
