...Those who compare the age on which thcir lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in thcir imagination, may talk of degeneracy and decay : but...present. I should very imperfectly execute the task I have undertaken, if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations,...

...of intellectual improvement. Those who compare the age on which their lot has fallen, with a golden age which exists only in their imagination, may talk...take a morose or desponding view of the present." —Vol. ip 3. The volumes at present under consideration, record the history of the life and reign...

...outset, Mr. Macaulay gives a description of what he deems the duties of an historian. He says — " I should very imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken, if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues...

...of intellectual improvement. Those who compare the age on which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in their imagination may talk...imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues...

...intellectual improvement. Those who compare the age on which their lot has folien with a golden ago which exists only in their imagination may talk of...decay: but no man who is correctly informed as to the post will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present." There are many opinions...

...outset, Mr. Maeaulay gives a description of what he deems the duties of an historian. He says, — I should very imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken, if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues...

...the outset, Mr. Macaulay gives a description of what he deems the duties of an historian. He says — my solitude is sublime. I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues...

...with a golden age which exists only b their imagination may talk of degeneracy and decay: but CHAF. no man who is correctly informed as to the past will be dis- • posed to take a morose or desponding view of the present. I should very imperfectly execute...

...outset, Mr. Macaulay gives a description of what he deems the duties of a historian. He says, — " I should very imperfectly execute the task which I have undertaken, if I were merely to treat of battles and sieges, of the rise and fall of administrations, of intrigues...

...intellectual improvement. Those who compare the age on which their lot has fallen with a golden ago which exists only in their imagination may talk of...to take a morose or desponding view of the present shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history, if I can succeed...