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Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Born 25 October 1800 · Died 28 December 1859

From Rothley Court, England, United Kingdom · Nationality: Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Writes nonfiction

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A British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history.

Quotes

  • “The dust and silence of the upper shelf.”
    'Milton', The Edinburgh Review August 1825 , p. 3
  • “His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar.”
    'John Dryden', The Edinburgh Review January 1828 , p. 223
  • “He [William Temple] was merely a man of lively parts and quick observation,—a man of the world amongst men of letters,—a man of letters amongst men of the world.”
    1830s, p. 187
  • “He [Richard Steele] was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.”
    1840s, p. 704
  • “We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.”
    'Moore's Life of Lord Byron', The Edinburgh Review June 1830 , p. 315

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Books by Thomas Babington Macaulay in order

Books by Thomas Babington Macaulay in the order they were published, from A Penal Code (1837) to Macaulay's History of England from the Accession of James II (1856).

  1. 1A Penal CodeA Penal Code1837
  2. 2Chants De L'ancienne RomeChants De L'ancienne Rome1842
  3. 3Critical and Historical EssaysCritical and Historical Essays1843
  4. 4Macaulay's Essay on Robert CliveMacaulay's Essay on Robert Clive1851
  5. 5The History of England from the Accession of James IIThe History of England from the Accession of James II1853
  6. 6Lord ByronLord Byron1856
  7. 7Macaulay's History of England from the Accession of James IIMacaulay's History of England from the Accession of James II1856
  8. 8Burleigh and His Times, John Hampden and Horace WalpoleBurleigh and His Times, John Hampden and Horace Walpole
  9. 9Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, byCritical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, by Lord Macaulay; with a Memoir and Index
  10. 10Critrical and Historical EssaysCritrical and Historical Essays
  11. 11Frederic the GreatFrederic the Great
  12. 12Lord BaconLord Bacon
  13. 13Lord Macaulay's EssaysLord Macaulay's Essays
  14. 14Macaulay's Essays on Milton and AddisonMacaulay's Essays on Milton and Addison
  15. 15Macaulay's MiltonMacaulay's Milton
  16. 16Macaulay's Minutes on Education in IndiaMacaulay's Minutes on Education in India
  17. 17Selected WritingsSelected Writings
  18. 18Sir William TempleSir William Temple
  19. 19SpeechesSpeeches
  20. 20Speeches and PoemsSpeeches and Poems
  21. 21Speeches and Poems with the Report and Notes on the Indian PSpeeches and Poems with the Report and Notes on the Indian Penal Code
  22. 22The History of EnglandThe History of England
  23. 23The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord MacaulayThe Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay
  24. 24The Works of Lord Macaulay CompleteThe Works of Lord Macaulay Complete

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