 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1909 - 486 pages
...the following pages are designed to treat. — Bryce : The Holy Roman Empire. 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... | |
 | John Erskine, Hellen Erskine - 1910 - 88 pages
...topic sentences are printed in italics; the connecting words, in heavy type. "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... | |
 | Jas. WM. Miller - 1910 - 138 pages
...following words : " 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," and devotes the opening paragraphs of his fine work to an even more detailed statement of its limits.... | |
 | Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon - 1911 - 592 pages
...seems necessary. Macaulay begins his History of England with such a statement: 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... | |
 | Gustav Wendt - 1911 - 352 pages
...dogmatism on points the most mysterious. (Macaulay.) 23. I purpose to write the history of England . . . down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. (Macaulay.) 24. This new room . . . forms now the central portion of that great reading-room (the Bodleyan)... | |
 | 1913 - 974 pages
...sentence with which Macaulay begins his history is an illustration in point: "I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living." Men of literary enthusiasm who read this sentence, and those which follow it, at the time of their... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 600 pages
...(artist unknown) in the National Portrait Gallery HISTORY OF ENGLAND CHAPTER I 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. . ' Introduction alienated a loyal gentry and... | |
 | James Weber Linn - 1913 - 212 pages
...subject that has occurred to us. Macaulay writes a history of England. He begins: 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... | |
 | George Peck Eckman - 1915 - 220 pages
...History of England reads: "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." To this plan Macaulay made all his work conform, and this undertaking he developed as far as he went... | |
 | George Peck Eckman - 1915 - 220 pages
...History of England reads: "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." To this plan Macaulay made all his work conform, and this undertaking he developed as far as he went... | |
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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. 
