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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. "
The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal - Page 281
1858
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Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire ..., Volume 7

1867 - 694 pages
...began the work which he contemplated and announced in the very first sentence of the hook as " The History of England from the " accession of King James...which " is within the memory of men still living." We know, as a matter of fact, that it did not reach continuously to the end of the succeeding reign....
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine

1868 - 978 pages
...thought and language. " I purpose to write the History of England from the accession of King Jamea 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 House...
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The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 476 pages
...England from the accession of King James the Second down . i_- i_ • •.!_• ,i_ r Introduction. 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...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 692 pages
...644 Effect of the Fall of the Hydes . .... (545 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. CHAPTEE 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 Introdueerrors which, in a few months, alienated a loyal gentry and tlonpriesthood...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

1872 - 556 pages
...HISTORY OF ENGLAND. 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. I shall recount the errors which, in a few months, alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the...
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English Literature: Considered as an Interpreter of English History

Henry Coppée - 1873 - 508 pages
...had long cherished the intention of writing the history of England, " from the accession of James II. down to a time which is within the memory of men still living." The loss of his election at Edinburgh gave him the leisure necessary for carrying out this purpose....
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Parallel extracts arranged for translation into English and Latin, with ...

John Edwin Nixon - 1874 - 152 pages
...a les comprendre. THIERS. 15 b. I purpose29 to write the history" of England12 from the accession12 of King 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 priesthood12 from the...
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Materials and Models for Latin Prose Composition

John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - 1875 - 416 pages
...the truth. SALLUST, Bell. Jugurth. c. 17. INTRODUCTION TO 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...
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The Literary Reader: Typical Selections from Some of the Best British and ...

George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...century. The first and second volumes of Macaulay's History ofgngland " from the time of James II. down to a time which is within the memory of men still living," appeared in 1849, and won immediate success. The work did not, however, eseape censure ; John Wilson...
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Leipsic Edition of the Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Volume 1

George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 652 pages
...At this period of his career Macaulay still purposed, and hoped, to write the history of England " down to a time which is within the memory of men still living." should be disposed to admit part of it to be just. But I have several distinctions and limitations...
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