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... his essay on Milton, in the Edinburgh Review, drew upon him t{u attention of the entire reading public. The leaders of the Whig party, in acknowledgment of his literary superiority, appointed Mr. Macaulay a Commissioner of Bankruptey, and in 1830 he entered ...
... reform. Can he be called a Whig? Are Messrs. Miluer Gibson and Gilpin Whigs? or Gladstone, Sidney Herbert, and Cardwell? Not one of them. Why, i the Cabinet, from the highest to the lowest, it would be vain to | look for the trme Whig, notwithstanding the various ...
... ; but we much question whether Clio, the muse of Fistory, will weep. Macaulay lies open to the grave charge of allowing his Whig prejudices to warp his historical writings. Be this as it may, our loss is t, and, disagreeing with the historian’s political ...
... R i with which, during twenty that long series of brilliant en:({lh odbe o years subsequently, he enriched t! ep.gum o The Whig party, then in power, were “qma”“ nise the merits of the son of Zachary Mlx‘ o him a lucrative appointment a mlnwlmmnoun Jfi) ...
... the office of Secretary at War, and in 1840 was returned to Parliament for the City of Edinburgh. At tbe restoration of the Whig party to power in 1846, Mr. Macaulay was appointed paymaster of the forces, with a seat in the cabinet. In cousequeuce, however ...
... and in 1826, his essay on Milton, in the Review, drew upon him the attention of the entire reading public. The leaders of the Whig piety, in acknowledgment of his literary superiority, appointed Mr. Macaulay a COMmii.i.,ner of Bankruptcy, and In3o be einem ...
... while others contemplated the government of anient Greece and Rome, according to their own notions. Thus, for instance, the Whig saw nothing in the strong arm of the despot antiquity, but tyranny ; while the Tory expressed his contempt for whatever excellence ...
... a change of ministers ; Lord Derby gave way to Lord Palmerston, with a broad-bottomed following, for it included, with old Whigs, the best remains of Peel and a few decided Radicals—indeed, one Quaker, a professor of peace principles, not in the Cabinet ...
... fought a duel with the captain, obtained a divorce in the House of Lords, but never married again. The Astleys are a very old Whig family in Norfolk. The title dates back to 1289, and, in 1841, the late peer succeeded in proving his right to be summoned ...
... success, and of that of a still greater man before him, Sir Robert Walpole, who kept the Hanover family on the throne and the Whigs in office for many years. HIS ORATORY. A thing very remarkable in the House of Commons is the decline of omrg It is common ...
... his essgy on Milten, in the Edinburgh Review, drew ugm him the attention of the entire reading public. The leaders of the Whig party, in u:knowled‘snunz of his literary n:seriovity, appointed Mr. Macaulay a Commissioner Bnnhupww in 1830 he entered Parliament ...
... succor, and of that of a still greater man before him, Sir Robert Walpole, who kept the Hanover family on the throne and the Whigs in office for many years. ...