 An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia. The smallest actual good is better than the most magnificent promises of impossibilities. The wise man of the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than a steamengine. But there are steam-engines....  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 78edited by - 1865Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 608 pages
...the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than a steam-engine. But there are steam-engines. And the wise man of the Stoics is yet to be born. A philosophy...to feel perfectly happy while in agonies of pain, may be belter than a philosophy which assuages pain. But we know that there are remedies which will... | |
 | 1838 - 870 pages
...Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than a steam-engine. But there are steam-engines; and ihe wise man of the Stoics is yet to be born. A philosophy which should enable a man to feel perfecily happy while in agonies of pain, may be belter than a philosophy which assuages pain. But... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 516 pages
...the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than a steamengine. But there are steam-engines. And the wise man of the Stoics is yet to be born. A philosophy...to feel perfectly happy while in agonies of pain, may be better than a philosophy which assuages pain. But we know that there are remedies which will... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 512 pages
...than a steamengine. But there are steam-engines. And the wise man of the Stoics is yet to be bora. A philosophy which should enable a man to feel perfectly happy while in agonies of pain, may be better than a philosophy which assuages pain. But we know that there are remedies which will... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 410 pages
...object than a steamengine. But there are steam-engines. And the wise man of the Stoics is yet to he born. A philosophy which should enable a man to feel perfectly happy while in agonies of pain, may be better than a philosophy which assuages pain. But we know that there are remedies which will... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than a steam-engine. But there are steam-engines. And astronomy — of a lirinf attronomy,^ of an astronomy which should sett forth the nature, the may be better than a philosophy which assuages pain. But we know that there are remedies which will... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than a steam-engine. But there are steam-engines. And the wise man of the Stoics is yet to be born. A philosophy...to feel perfectly happy while in agonies of pain, may be better than a philosophy which assuages pain. But we know that there are remedies which will... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than a steam-engine. But there are steam-engines. And e may be better than a philosophy which assuages pain. But we know that there are remedies which will... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than a steam-engine. But there are steam-engines. And a splendid train may be better than a philosophy which assuages pain. But we know that there are remedies which will... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1897 - 950 pages
...the Stoics woulc', no doubt, be a grander object than a steam-engine. But there are steamengines. And the wise man of the Stoics is yet to be born. A philosophy...feel perfectly happy while in agonies of pain would l>e better than a philosophy which assuages pain. But we know that there are remedies which will assuage... | |
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