...England, Mr. Macaulay 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...

...initial, Je me propose, in his far more -interesting publication on the French Revolution : " I propose to write the history of England from the accession of King James IL down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. I shall recount the errors which,...

...initial, Je me propose, in his far more interesting publication on the French Revolution: " I propose 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,...

...purpose," he says, in his opening sentence, "to write the history of England from the Accession of James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living." He then goes on to state further in detail what he shall do, and in the first three pages of his history...

...out his original design of writing " the History of England, from the accession of King James II., down to a time which is within the memory of men still living." For Hume has brought us down to the abdication of James IL, in his great work, and just so far as Macaulay...

...great work precludes him from the possibility of accomplishing his original design, " of writing the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living," he may be spared at least to complete that great drama of the Revolution, which was closed by the accession...

...great work precludes him from the possibility oí accomplishing his original design, " of writing the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living," he may be spared at least to complete that great drama of the Revolution, which was closed by the accession...

...great work precludes him from the possibility of accomplishing his original design, " of writing the history of England from the accession of King James...time which is within the memory of men still living," he may be spared at least to complete that great drama of the Revolution, which was closed by the accession...

...overrate the Happiness of preceding Generations - - - - - 44 1 HISTORY OF ENGLAND, CHAPTEE I. I PUBPOSE to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down ,. i_- i_°» -iT-- it. r to a time which is within the memory 01 men still living. I shall recount...

...Execution of Bateman 197 Cruel Persecution of the Protestant Dissenten 1Ю HISTORY OF ENGLAND. CHAPTER L Г PURPOSE to write the history of England *• from...accession of King James the Second down to a time which is wilhin the memory of men still living. I shall recount the errors which, aa few months, alienated a...