 Fiction," says one who was sharer in it, " could not have been conducted with more address to lead an audience from despondency to sudden exultation, than Accident had here prepared to excite the passions of a whole People. They despaired ; they triumphed...  White Dawn: A Legend of Ticonderoga - Page 266by Theodora Agnes Peck - 1914 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 552 pages
...Quebec was taken. The following is Horace Walpole's animated description of this memorable event : — " The incidents of dramatic fiction could not be conducted...address to lead an audience from despondency to sudden exultation, than accident prepared to excite the passions of a whole people. They despaired — they... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1840 - 528 pages
...Quebec was taken. The following is Horace Walpole's animated description of this memorable event : — " The incidents of dramatic fiction could not be conducted...address to lead an audience from despondency to sudden exultation, than accident prepared to excite the passions of a whole people. They despaired — they... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Great Britain - 1846 - 420 pages
...transient cloud that overcast the dawn of this glory had not made it burst forth with redoubled lustre. The incidents of dramatic fiction could not be conducted...address to lead an audience from despondency to sudden exultation, than accident prepared to excite the passions of a whole people. They despaired — they... | |
 | Robert Wright - Canada - 1864 - 674 pages
...of the General and to the humanity of the nation."f Walpole's account is still more graphic:—"The incidents of dramatic fiction could not be conducted...address to lead an audience from despondency to sudden exultation, than accident prepared to excite the * ' Annual Register,' p. 101. t ' Annual Register,'... | |
 | Robert Wright (biographer.) - 1864 - 670 pages
...or faction, he had aecompthe whole business of life at a time when others are onl appear" (p. 4.1). passions of a whole people. They despaired, they triumphed, and they wept; for Wolfe had fallen in the liour of victory ! Joy, curiosity, astonishment, were painted on every countenance ; the more they... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Prussia (Germany) - 1865 - 682 pages
...more address to lead an audience from ' despondency to sudden exultation, than Accident had ' here prepared to excite the passions of a whole People. ' They despaired; they triumphed; and they wept,—for ' Wolfe had fallen in the hour of victory! Joy, grief, curi' osity, astonishment, were... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 374 pages
...emotions. "The incidents of Dramatic Fiction," says one who was sharer in it, "could not have been conducted with "more address to lead an audience from despondency "to sudden exultation, than Accident had here pre"pared to excite the passions of a whole People. They "despaired;... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Prussia (Germany) - 1873 - 308 pages
...emotions. ' The incidents of Dra' matic Fiction,' says one who was sharer in it, 'could not have ' been conducted with more address to lead an audience from ' despondency to sudden exultation, than Accident had here ' prepared to excite the passions of a whole People. They ' despaired... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1865 - 628 pages
...emotions. ' The incidents of Dra' matic Fiction,' says one who was sharer in it, 'could not have ' been conducted with more address to lead an audience from ' despondency to sudden exultation, than Accident had here ' prepared to excite the passions of a whole People. They ' despaired... | |
 | Great Britain - 1882 - 202 pages
...transient cloud that overcast the dawn of this glory had not made it burst forth with redoubled lustre. The incidents of dramatic fiction could not be conducted...more address to lead an audience from despondency to sudded exultation, than accident prepared to excite the passions of a whole people. They despaired... | |
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