 | 1876 - 642 pages
...a very characteristic note ; it is too idiosyncratic of its author to be ignored. He remarks that ' it is a matter of the greatest difficulty to make...evident. There are few great men. Their actions are constantly viewed by the mass of people through the medium of distance. The prominent parts of their... | |
 | 1876 - 622 pages
...a very characteristic note ; it is too idiosyncratic of its author to be ignored. He remarks that ' it is a matter of the greatest difficulty to make...evident. There are few great men. Their actions are constantly viewed by the mass of people through the medium of distance. The prominent parts of their... | |
 | John H. Ingram - 1880 - 334 pages
...for fame enunciated in verse, he also devoted a note to, to demonstrate that it is very difficult " to make the generality of mankind believe that one...intimacy shall be called in the world a ' great man,' " and he deems the evident reason to be that " there are few great men, and that their actions are... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 2000 - 678 pages
...and queen of Tamerlane — XIII. One noon of a bright summer's day I pass'd from out the matted bow'r greatest difficulty to make the generality of mankind...Their actions are consequently viewed by the mass of people thro' the medium of distance. — The prominent parts of their character are alone noted; and... | |
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it is a matter of the greatest difficulty to make the generality of mankind believe that one, with whom they are upon terms of intimacy, shall be called in the world a 