 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...  A Treasury of Table Talk - Página 17de Treasury - 1868 - 128 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1872 - 660 páginas
...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. This change in the language of men is partly the cause, and partly... | |
 | Percival Keane (pseud.) - 1873 - 128 páginas
...may," rejoined the other ; " and if you do, you will have more law in your pocket than in your head." THE LANGUAGE OF THE POET — Language — the machine...an enlightened society is philosophical ; that of a half-civilized people is poetical. — Macaulay. A LITTLE girl, giving her opinion of knighthood, said,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 328 páginas
...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. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 páginas
...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. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 876 páginas
...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...philosophical, that of a half-civilised 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 - 1877 - 112 páginas
...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. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 898 páginas
...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 hulf-civilised people is poetical. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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. This change in the language of men is partly the cause and partly... | |
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