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Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 698 pages

A collection of essays by Thomas Babington Macaulay, mixing literary criticism and historical reflection. The volume opens with a piece on Machiavelli and includes other essays on historical and literary subjects. Macaulay's vigorous prose and strong opinions make these essays engaging to listen to.

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CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL
ESSAYS, VOLUME II
By Thomas Babington Macaulay
CONTENTS
MACHIAVELLI
(March 1827) Oeuvres completes de MACHIAVEL, traduites
par J. V. PERIER Paris: 1825.
THOSE who have attended to the practice of our literary
tribunal are well aware that, by means of certain legal
fictions similar to those of Westminster Hall, we are
frequently enabled to take cognisance of cases lying

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Contents

  1. CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS, VOLUME II
  2. MACHIAVELLI
  3. VON RANKE
  4. WAR OF THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN
  5. FREDERIC THE GREAT
  6. SOUTHEY’S COLLOQUIES
  7. CIVIL DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS
  8. GLADSTONE ON CHURCH AND STATE
  9. FRANCIS BACON
  10. JOHN BUNYAN
  11. LEIGH HUNT
  12. THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ADDISON
  13. SAMUEL JOHNSON
  14. MADAME D’ARBLAY
  15. MOORE’S LIFE OF LORD BYRON
  16. MR. ROBERT MONTGOMERY
  17. INDEX AND GLOSSARY OF ALLUSIONS
  18. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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