 | 1880 - 506 Seiten
...for the king and the subject, for the magistrate and the citizen. There is no book that has been so woven into the life of all that is best and noblest in English history ; and there is no book that has been so worked into all that is purest and grandest of human literature.... | |
 | 1911 - 856 Seiten
...following passage by Professor Huxley in the "Contemporary Reriew" for December 1870: Consider (he says) the great historical fact that for three centuries...that it has become the national epic of Britain, and Ls familiar to noble and simple from John o' Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso were once... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1911 - 870 Seiten
...following passage by Professor Huxley in the ' Contemporary Review ' for December 1870 : Consider (he gays) the great historical fact that for three centuries...it has become the national epic of Britain, and is familiar to noble and simple from John o' Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso were once... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1901 - 1076 Seiten
...residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that for three centurio this book has been woven into the life of all that...the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from John o1 Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso were once to Italians... | |
 | 1901 - 1022 Seiten
...and there still remains in this old literature a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that for three...the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from Johno'-Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians:... | |
 | 1911 - 1122 Seiten
...educational and the moral standpoint, that the great scientist Huxley wrote in the following words : Consider the great historical fact that for three...this book has been woven into the life of all that is noblest and best in English history ; that it has become the national epic of Britain ; that it is... | |
 | 1871 - 674 Seiten
...and there still remains in this old literature a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that, for three...it has become the national epic of Britain, and is familiar to noble and simple, from John-o'-Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso were once... | |
 | J. J. Smith - 1871 - 302 Seiten
...occupy themselves with, and there still remains a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that for three...that is best and noblest in English history; that it is written in the noblest and purest English, and abounds in exquisite beauties of mere literary form... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1873 - 342 Seiten
...and there still remains in this old literature a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that, for three...the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from John-o'- Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians;... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1873 - 428 Seiten
...and there still remains in this old literature a vast residuum of moral beauty and grandeur. And then consider the great historical fact that, for three...the national epic of Britain, and is as familiar to noble and simple, from John-o'-Groat's House to Land's End, as Dante and Tasso once were to the Italians;... | |
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And then consider the great historical fact that, for three centuries, this book has been woven into the .life of all that is best and noblest in English history... 
