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" Parr to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a treasure too often buried in the earth, too often paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation, but still precious, massive, and... "
Typical selections from the best English authors, with introductory notices ... - Page 455
by English authors - 1876
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 4

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...of so many noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition—...whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted liis faith. There, too, was she, the beautiful mother of a•beautiful race, the Saint Cecilia, whose...
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Essays, political, historical and miscellaneous, Volume 3

sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...labours in that dark and profound mite from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition—a treasure too often buried in the earth, too often...precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the volnptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There, too,...
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Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 5-6

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1078 pages
...of so many noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition,...ostentation, but still precious, massive, and splendid. There apj>eared the voluptuous oharms of her to whom the heir oc the throne had in secret plighted his faith....
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Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, Volume 3

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 pages
...of so many noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he. had extracted a vast treasure of erudition,...ostentation, but still precious, massive, and splendid. There apj>earcd the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir \ oc the throne had in secret plighted his...
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A First Class Reader: Consisting of Extracts, in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...of so many noble matrons. It had induced Parrf to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition,...splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her J to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There, too, was she,§ the » Gibbon....
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...of so many noble matrons. It had induced Parr f to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition,...paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation, 15 but still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her J to whom...
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The Sixth Reader: Consisting of Extracts in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...treasure too often buried in the earth, too often paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation, 15 but still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her J to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There, too, was she,§ the beautiful...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise: Les contemporains

Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 514 pages
...of so many noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a treasure révèle est le résumé du talent de Macaulay; et le talent, comme le tableau, est tout anglais. too...
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The Great Schools of England: An Account of the Foundation, Endowments, and ...

Howard Staunton - 1865 - 622 pages
...duties of his profession, and in what Lord Macaulay calls "his labours in that dark and profound mine, from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition...ostentation, but still precious, massive, and splendid." Parr's best known works are his epitaphs, his Spital Sermon, his vindication of Fox, his Letter from...
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The Great Schools of England: An Account of the Foundation, Endowments, and ...

Howard Staunton - 1865 - 682 pages
...duties of his profession, and in what Lord Macaulay calls "his labours in that dark and profound mine, from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition...ostentation, but still precious, massive, and splendid." Parr's best known works are his epitaphs, his Spital Sermon, his vindication of Fox, his Letter from...
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