| James Boyd White - 1985 - 328 pages
...the reader. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II* TB Macaulay 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 Manning Hope Clark, Manning Clark - 1997 - 286 pages
...to put down on the blank sheet, as Macaulay did, 'I purpose to write the history of my own country down to a time which is within the memory of men still living' — and when he writes, 'I shall recount . . .',* a great vision shall begin to float before his eyes,... | |
| Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay - 160 pages
...of his life was chiefly devoted to literature. He now set to work on his great design of writing a History of England ' from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living.' This work however he was only able to carry down to the death of William III. In 1857 he was raised... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1873 - 794 pages
...introductory chapter of the work, two volumes of which appeared in 1849. " I purpose," says he, " 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... | |
| Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay - 2020 - 220 pages
...of his life was chiefly devoted to literature. He now set to work on his great design of writing a History of England ' from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living.' This work however he was only able to carry down to the death of William III. In 1857 he was raised... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1849 - 780 pages
...Í т PUBPOSK to write,' says Mr. MaJ. caulay, 'the history of England from the accession of .lames the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living;' — a task often undertaken and performed before, and which even Mr. Macaulay's labours will not prevent... | |
| 530 pages
...England, Mr Slacaulay has purposed to write the history of our country, from the accession of James II. down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. The two volumes that have been issued, present us with a rapid survey of the condition of Britain under... | |
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