| Authur Huntington Nason - 1917 - 552 pages
...intellectual coherence in paragraph-structure ? FROM MACAULAY'S 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. I shall recount the errors which, in a few months, alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the... | |
| Philipp Aronstein - 1922 - 134 pages
...romanisch-lateinischen Ursprungs (die Eigennamen sind ausgenommen) durch kursiven Druck; „ 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... | |
| Joseph Morris Thomas, Frederick Alexander Manchester, Frank William Scott - 1922 - 614 pages
...Macaulay begins his History of England with this clear and simple 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," and in three pages equally simple and explicit outlines the proposed work. James Ford Rhodes begins... | |
| Hendrik Poutsma - 1922 - 252 pages
...story 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. / shall recount the errors which, in a few months, alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the... | |
| Gustav Wendt - 1923 - 188 pages
...clear, dogmatism on points the most mysterious. — I purpose to write the history of England . . . down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. — Addison's timidity averted that envy which would otherwise have been excited by fame so splendid... | |
| Charles N. Lurie - 1926 - 352 pages
...matter?" "What do you propose that we shall do in the matter?" Macaulay wrote: "I purpose to write a history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living." The Funk & Wagnails New Standard Dictionary says that in the majority of cases what we purpose is more... | |
| Hendrik Poutsma - 1928 - 570 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."... | |
| Verlyn Klinkenborg, Herbert Cahoon, Pierpont Morgan Library - 1981 - 332 pages
...as well as he was to appreciate the contours of his chosen period, from the accession of J ames II “down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. “ Like all historians, Macaulay was obliged to absorb the factual background for his History of England... | |
| Verlyn Klinkenborg, Herbert Cahoon, Pierpont Morgan Library - 1981 - 332 pages
...placed as well as he was to appreciate the contours of his chosen period, from the accession of James II "down to a time which is within the memory of men still living." Like all historians, Macaulay was obliged to absorb the factual background for his History of England... | |
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