Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 746
his two most important works, The English inIreland in the 18th Century, and -The History of England, he endeavorsto justify his countrys severe treatment of the Irish Romanists, to establishHenry VIII. as the chief champion of English independence, and also tobestow upon her ministers much of the… … THOMAS B. MACAULAY. ment of national history; and also the sympathetic, graphic, and spiritedpainter of the scenes, events, and characters which he presents. His Riseof the Dutch Republic, History of the United Netherlands, and Lifeand Death of John of Barneveld are all undeniably great…
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