 | Rossiter Johnson - 1903 - 400 pages
...purposes to marry her. Macaulay's History begins correctly with this 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." But in beginning his fifth paragraph he writes erroneously : " The events which I propose to relate... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1903 - 394 pages
...purposes to marry her. Macaulay's History begins correctly with this 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." But in beginning his fifth paragraph he writes erroneously: " The events which I propose to relate... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 544 pages
...MACAULAY'S PLAN OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of James the Second down to a 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... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1916 - 762 pages
...events described in them, the plural forms are, however, used throughout. i. / purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living. MAC., Hist., Ch. I. ii. But we will not go into the discussion of these points. MAC., Milton, (2a).... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1928 - 556 pages
...also frequent enough when it is one of another description; eg: I. I purpose to write the history ot England from the accession of King James the Second...time which is within the memory of men still living. MAC., Hist., I, Ch. I, 1. 'Can anything be finer or more delightful?" he inquired of Mr. Winkle. 'Nothing,"... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1904 - 712 pages
...great work opens, — " I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James II. down to a time which is within the memory of men still living." It is impossible to read the forecast he made of his work on the eve of his journey to Italy without... | |
 | Hendrik Poutsma - 1926 - 912 pages
...History of England. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second to a 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... | |
 | Lena Isadora Casporus McKee Van Duzee - 1905 - 160 pages
...10 days, net 30 days. Sincerely yours, HISTORY OF ENGLAND. (Plate, Page 77.) 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... | |
 | Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 522 pages
...beginning. " I purpose," says Macaulay, in opening his History of England, " I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living." The loquacious Miss Bates serves again as an example of digression. "My dear Miss Woodhouse, I am just... | |
 | 1907 - 264 pages
...the public good. (6) I propose to write the history of England from the accession of King James II. down to a 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 House... | |
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I PURPOSE to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. 
