 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pagine
...and like him was a great warrior ; he was noted also for political wisdom. Died 283 R. c. BTOYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. THE characteristic peculiarity...Bunyan has been read by many thousands with tears. There are some good allegories in Johnson's works, and some of still higher merit by Addison. In these... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 pagine
...triumph.2 " The characteristic peculiarity 3 of the ' Pilgrim's Progress,' " writes Lord Macaulay, " is that it is the only work of its kind which possesses...Bunyan has been read by many thousands with tears. In the pleasure derived from other allegories the feelings have no part whatever. It is not so with... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 898 pagine
...in the enchanted ground of Alcino, or the mansion of Aladdin. But he should avoid Milton and Bunyan. The characteristic peculiarity of the Pilgrim's Progress is that it is the onlywork of its kind which possesses a strong human interest. Other allegories only amuse the fancy.... | |
 | 1901 - 424 pagine
...Shakespeare's könnte auch einmal endlich verschwinden. Wenn Macanlay Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress' the only work of its kind which possesses a strong human interest' nennt, so hat er Langland's Piers Ploughman (nicht the P., wie Bierbaum s. 13 es nennt) nicht gekannt.... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1878 - 446 pagine
...and like him was a great warrior; he was noted also fur political wisdom. Died 28-3 B. c. BTJNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. THE characteristic peculiarity...Other allegories only amuse the fancy. The allegory of Bnnyan has been read by many thousands with tears. There are some good allegories in Johnson's works,... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pagine
...light of heaven I 7V bk. v. 240. Thomas Babington Macanlay, 1800-1859 (Handbook, pars. 1 04, 511.) The Pilgrim's Progress. The characteristic peculiarity...Bunyan has been read by many thousands with tears. There are some good allegories in Johnson's Works, and some of still higher merit by Addison. In these... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 640 pagine
...in the enchanted ground of Alcina, or the mansion of Aladdin. But he should avoid Milton and Bunyan. The characteristic peculiarity of the Pilgrim's Progress...Bunyan has been read by many thousands with tears. There are some good allegories in Johnson's works, and some of still higher merit by Addison. In these... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 280 pagine
...love and honor and courtesy flow in all thy deeds.— Emerson. 6. The characteristic peculiarity of Pilgrim's Progress is, that it is the only work of its kind which possesses a strong human interest. — Macaulag. Conjunctions. Class. Office. Either, or, as well as, both, and, Co-ordinale, " Correlative... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pagine
...rendezvous of cracked brains, that wore their feather in their heads. LORD BACON : Holy H"a> ALLEGORIES. en let a god descend, and clear the business to the audience. DRYDEN. No incident in th iis kind which possesses a strong human interest. Other allegories only amuse the fancy. The allegory... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 178 pagine
...Weeks went by. 18. Deep mourns the turtle in sequestered bower. 19. See yon robin on the spray. 20. The allegory of Bunyan has been read by many thousands with tears. (B.) Parse all words in bold type : — 1. He touched his harp, and nations heard, entranced. 2. I... | |
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The characteristic peculiarity of the Pilgrim's Progress is that it is the only work of its kind which possesses a strong human interest. Other allegories only amuse the fancy. The allegory of Bunyan has been read by many thousands with tears. There are... 
