 | Francis Augustus Cox - 1842 - 464 Seiten
...unfavourable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak, even to helplessness, for purposes of manly resistance; but its suppleness and...the weak, are more familiar to this subtle race than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 Seiten
...equally unfavourable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness, for purposes of manly resistance; but its suppleness and...the natural defence of the weak, are more familiar with this subtle race than to the Ionian of the times of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 Seiten
...equally unfavorable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness, for purposes of manly resistance ; but its suppleness...unmingled with contempt. All those arts which are the 184 natural defence of the weak, are more familiar this subtle race than to the Ionian of the times... | |
 | 1849 - 356 Seiten
...modern writer, " arc qualities to which his constitution and his situation are equally unfavorable. All those arts which are the natural defence of the...time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is to the tiger, what the sting is to the bee, what beauty,... | |
 | Eduard Fiedler - 1850 - 768 Seiten
...Plur. zur Bezeichnung der Gesammthcit : those arts are more familiar to this race than to the Jonian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark, ages (Mar. Ess. IV. 231); the Bengalee is by no means placable (id.) cf. Numerus. Dient das Adjectiv zur... | |
 | 1857 - 992 Seiten
...equally unfavourable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes of manly resistance, but its suppleness and...weak, are more familiar to this subtle race, than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jews of the darkest ages. What the horns... | |
 | Macleod Wylie - 1854 - 412 Seiten
...equally unfavorable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes of manly resistance, but its suppleness and...the weak, are more familiar to this subtle race than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jews of the darkest ages. What the horns... | |
 | 1855 - 802 Seiten
...unfavourable. His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness, for the purposes of manly resistance ; but its suppleness...natural defence of the weak, are more familiar to thi« subtile race, than they were to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jews of the darkest... | |
 | Eduard Fiedler - 1861 - 438 Seiten
...Plur. zur . Bezeichnung der Gesammtheit : those arts are more familiar to this race than to the Jonian of the time of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages (Mar. Ess. IV. 231); the Bengalee is by no means placable (id.) cf. Numerus. Dient das Adjectiv zur... | |
 | 1864 - 486 Seiten
...strong influence in producing the present feature of the national character. Macaulay remarks, " Ail those arts which are the natural defence of the weak...familiar to this subtle race than to the Ionian of the tinu of Juvenal, or to the Jew of the dark ages. What the horns are to the buffalo, what the paw is... | |
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His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes of manly resistance ; but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration not unmingled with contempt. 
