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" I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies. "
The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay - Página 326
por George Otto Trevelyan - 1875
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Leipsic Edition of the Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Volumen1

George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 652 páginas
...of that time in order. Tke materials for an amusing narrative are immense. I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days...last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies. I should be very much obliged to you to fell me what are the best sources of information about the...
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The treasury of modern biography, compiled by R. Cochrane, Tema 92

Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 páginas
...of that time in order. The materials for an amusing narrative are immense. I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days...supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of yonng ladies. I should be very much obliged to you to tell me what are the best sources of information...
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Selections from the Correspondence of the Late Macvey Napier, Esq, Tema 5

Macvey Napier - 1879 - 586 páginas
...of that time in order. The materials for an amusing narrative are immense. I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days...last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies. I should be very much obliged to you to tell me what are the best sources of information about the...
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Masters in History: Gibbon, Grote, Macaulay, Motley

Peter Anton - 1880 - 268 páginas
...through a terra incognita, and he was not to be satisfied unless he produced something which should for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies. He was not to found his pretensions to the rank of a classic on his reviews, but if he lived twelve...
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Macaulay

Morison - 1882 - 212 páginas
...my historical labours The materials for an amusing narrative are immense. I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days...fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies." We did not need this intimation to make us acquainted with the chief object which the writer had in...
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Queries: Devoted to Literature, Art, Science, Education, Volumen1

1885 - 286 páginas
...the execution of his plan. In speaking of this contemplated work he said : " I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days...fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies." His expectations were more than realized. It has been pretty well established that the " History" has...
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Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church ...

1889 - 610 páginas
...And again he writes : ' The materials for an amusing narrative are immense. I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days...fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies.' Such an aim in an historian is about on a par with that which he applauds in a philosopher, ' to make...
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How to Study and Teach History: With Particular Reference to the History of ...

Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1893 - 416 páginas
...publication, Lord Macaulay said he should not be satisfied unless he produced something which should for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies. And this he actually did. His biographer tells us that '' at Dukinfield, near Manchester, a gentleman...
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Macaulay

James Cotter Morison - 1902 - 216 páginas
...my historical labours The materials for an amusing narrative are immense. I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days...fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies." We did not need this intimation to make us acquainted with the chief object which the writer had in...
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Longmans' Handbook of English Literature: Pt. V : from Burke to the Present Time

R. McWilliam - 1897 - 176 páginas
...But he was meditating his own ' History of England,' and hoped ' to produce something which should for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies.' His hopes were more than realised, and the instant popularity of the first two volumes delighted himself...
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