Barere approached nearer than any person mentioned in history or fiction, whether man or devil, to the idea of consummate and universal depravity. In him the qualities which are the proper objects of hatred, and the qualities which are the proper objects... The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Página 2931870Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Russell Richardson - 1914 - 320 páginas
...interesting for its great horse-breeding industry. Barere, the regicide, described by Macaulay as coming "nearer than any person mentioned in history or fiction,...whether man or devil, to the idea of consummate and universal depravity," was born here in 1 7 s 5 . Tourist traffic has found Tarbes to be a convenient... | |
| Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1919 - 328 páginas
...useful and that you are handling it in a fresh and novel way. Our opinion then is this, that Barere approached nearer than any person mentioned in history...whether man or devil, to the idea of consummate and universal depravity. — MACAULAY : Barere. Note how the comparisons of Macaulay are not trite either... | |
| Edwin Beresford Chancellor - 1925 - 276 páginas
...of Bertrand Barere summed up the character of his victim in a famous passage. " Barere," he said, " approached nearer than any person mentioned in history...whether man or devil, to the idea of consummate and universal depravity. In him the qualities which are the proper objects of hatred, and the qualities... | |
| Hedva Ben-Israel - 2002 - 330 páginas
...Evidence, reason, psychological analysis are gathered to support the crushing verdict that 'Barere approached nearer than any person mentioned in history...whether man or devil, to the idea of consummate and universal depravity'.1 Acton's judgment that Robespierre was 'the most hateful character in the forefront... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay - 2005 - 553 páginas
...to express the opinion to which this investigation has led us. Our opinion then is this: that Barere approached nearer than any person mentioned in history...whether man or devil, to the idea of consummate and universal depravity. In him the qualities which are the proper objects of hatred, and the qualities... | |
| 1864 - 886 páginas
...not only death, but also persecution; and Madame Lenonuant attributes this rare good - fortune to the agency of the infamous Barrere. Barrere's cruelty...purchased of him their own lives and those of their friends, and it is certain that his friendship and protection were no honor to any woman. This view... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1856 - 584 páginas
...cruel tyrants in any age or country. We cannot, indeed, say of him, as Macaulay has said of Barere, that he " approached nearer than any person mentioned...whether man or devil, to the idea of consummate and universal depravity " ; but we may go on and say, that in him " the qualities which are the proper... | |
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