 | General history - 1815 - 802 pages
...tracing the transition from barbarism to civility. That these specula* tions should become the favourite topics of such a period, is extremely natural. We...condition of our ancestors with the triumph of superiority ; and are pleased to mark the steps by which we have been raised from rudeness to elegance ; and our... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 488 pages
...of our ancestors * Preface to his History of English Poetry. " with the triumph of superiority; and are pleased " to mark the steps by which we have been...accompanied with a conscious pride, *' arising, in a great measure, from a tacit comparison " of the infinite disproportion between the feeble " efforts... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 532 pages
...tracing the transition from barbarism to civility. That these speculations should become the favourite topics of such a period, is extremely natural. We...condition of our ancestors with the triumph of superiority ; and are pleased to mark the steps by which we have been raised from rudeness to elegance ; and our... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1828 - 740 pages
...degree of talent and taste to the consideration of antiquarian subjects than this gifted writer : " In an age advanced to the highest degree of refinement,...the feeble efforts of remote ages, and our present ' knowledge. 1828.] Mr. Marklanft Lttttr to the Earl of Aberdeen. A '.• ,i < ii i,.i, studies are... | |
 | English essays - 1828 - 718 pages
...degree of talent and taste to the consideration of antiquarian subjects than this gifted writer : " lu an age advanced to the highest degree of refinement,...conscious pride, arising in great measure from a tacit coroparison ufc/te ¡aSaite disproportion between the feeble efforts of remote ages, and our present... | |
 | English literature - 1859 - 578 pages
...much for our antiquities, could explain his pleasure in them on such grounds as the following: — ' We look back on the savage condition of our ancestors...which we have been raised from rudeness to elegance.' This tone was wonderfully prevalent, whether the Crusades, or Chivalry, or any other ancient embodiment... | |
 | English literature - 1859 - 578 pages
...antiquities, could explain his pleasure in them on such grounds as the following: — ' We look lack on the savage condition of our ancestors with the...which we have been raised from rudeness to elegance.' This tone was wonderfully prevalent, whether the Crusades, or Chivalry, or any other ancient embodiment... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1859 - 584 pages
...as the following : — ' We look back on the savage condition of our ancestors witlt the triumph o) superiority ; we are pleased to mark the steps by...which we have been raised from rudeness to elegance.' This tone was wonderfully prevalent, whether the Crusades, or Chivalry, or any other ancient embodiment... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1859 - 750 pages
...as the following : — ' We look back on tlie savage condition of our ancestors with tlie triumph qf superiority ; we are pleased to mark the steps by...which we have been raised from rudeness to elegance.' This tone was wonderfully prevalent, whether the Crusades, or Chivalry, or any other ancient embodiment... | |
 | 1859 - 650 pages
...loot back on the tavage amdition of our anc«»tor» with the triumph of superiority; we are pieced to mark the steps by which we have been raised from rudeness to elegance.' This tone was wonderfully prevalent, whether the Crusades, or Chivalry, or any other ancient embodiment... | |
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We look back on the savage condition of our ancestors with the triumph of superiority ; we are pleased to mark the steps by which we have been raised from rudeness to elegance... 
