...will show plainly how explicit such indications may properly be : — (a) " I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living. I shall recount the errors which, in a few months, alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the...

...1844, as he wished to concentrate his energies on a work which he had begun in March, 1839 — "the History of England, from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living ". The first two volumes of this, his masterpiece, appeared in 1848, and were received with a favour...

...of history. His first chapter begins with this well-remembered sentence — "I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living " ; in other words, he purposed to tell England's story during a little more than a century, or from...

...publisher. But the work on which he was now intent was the ' History of England from the acces138 sion of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living.' The idea of such a narrative had long been in his mind, but it was not till 1841 that he began seriously...

...expository composition. Macaulay begins his History of England with saying : " I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living." And he proceeds to outline the whole of this period in a single introductory 1 Quoted in " Specimens...

...composition. Macaulay begins his History of England with saying : " I purpose to write the history of P^ngland from the accession of King James the Second down to...time which is within the memory of men still living." And he proceeds to outline the whole of this period in a single introductory 1 Quoted in " Specimens...

...which he planned his narratives. In the introduction to his first volume he proposed to carry this down to " a time which is within the memory of men still living." Yet, beginning with 1685, he was able barely to complete the Seventeenth Century, and the whole Eighteenth...

...which he planned his narratives. In the introduction to his first volume he proposed to carry this down to " a time which is within the memory of men still living." Yet, beginning with 1685, he was able barely to complete the Seventeenth Century, and the whole Eighteenth...

...were sold in the United Kingdom by one publisher. But the work on which he was now intent was the " History of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living." The idea of such a narrative had long been in his mind; but it was not till 1841 that he began seriously...

..."carrion literature," as it was styled in some of our journals of the time. I PURPOSE to write the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living." Thus does Thomas Babington Macaulay begin his History of England. "The subject of my narrative is the...