 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1881 - 368 pages
...gratefully acknowledge. II 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... | |
 | James Cotter Morison - 1882 - 234 pages
...groat 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... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1882 - 480 pages
...given as follows : " 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." The author, however, never finished the work. It was brought down only to the death of William III.,... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1883 - 500 pages
...literarischen geschmackes« berichtet haben würde, wenn er die geschichte Englands hätte schreiben können down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. In erster linie würden wohl in betracht kommen: Jeremy Collier, Addison, Miss Burney, Byron. — Jeremy... | |
 | James L. Ohlson - 1883 - 154 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... | |
 | 1883 - 438 pages
...OWN TIMES. CHAPTER I. PURPOSE to write the history of our country from the accession of Chet. Arthur 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 people from the House of Stalwarts.... | |
 | Thomas Gurney - 1884 - 120 pages
...be got by arts and industry. From MACAULAY'S HISTORY OP 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, alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - 1884 - 140 pages
...was less ignominy in submitting to France than in submitting to Holland. CXXI. 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Milton.), Alexander Mackie - 1884 - 216 pages
...gain to Macaulay. He purposed to write " A History of England, from the accession of King James II., down to a time which is within the memory of men still living," and his official duties forced him to lay this project aside for the present. Fortunately Lord Melbourne's... | |
 | 1885 - 286 pages
...and the most untiring industry. His purpose, as announced in the opening sentence, was " to write the history of England from the accession of King James...which is within the memory of men still living." He did not live, however, to complete the execution of his plan. In speaking of this contemplated work... | |
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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. 
