Macaulay
[muh-kaw-lee]
- Dame Rose,c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.
- Thomas Bab·ing·ton [bab-ing-tuh n] /ˈbæb ɪŋ tən/, 1st Baron,1800–59, English historian, author, and statesman.
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Contemporary Examples
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Historical Examples
Mr. Macaulay has been passing the Winter and Spring in Italy.
Every schoolboy knows them by heart, as poor Macaulay would have said.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other TalesArthur Conan Doyle
The truth is, Macaulay had no eye for such a complex character as Boswell.
James BoswellWilliam Keith Leask
What he suffered at the hands of Croker and Macaulay is typical of his fortune.
Views and ReviewsWilliam Ernest Henley
Macaulay was then new, and I devoured not only his works, but a vast amount by him suggested.
MemoirsCharles Godfrey Leland
Macaulay
- Dame Rose. 1881–1958, British novelist. Her books include Dangerous Ages (1921) and The Towers of Trebizond (1956)
- Thomas Babington, 1st Baron. 1800–59, English historian, essayist, and statesman. His History of England from the Accession of James the Second (1848–61) is regarded as a classic of the Whig interpretation of history
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