The accuracy
of his narrative has often been attacked with vehemence, and often, it
must be confessed, with success, but not so often as to overthrow the
general credit of his work."--_Quarterly Review._
"Rarely polished, I never read so ill a style."--_Swift._
[7] Our correspondent should have added exact references to the
places where these passages are to be found. Mr. Macaulay may
have written these words quoted by our correspondent, in some
hasty moment, but his summary of the character of Burnet in his
_history of England_, ii. 175. 2nd Edition--a very noble and well
considered passage--gives a very different and far juster estimate
of Burnet's character.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH'S DOMESTIC ESTABLISHMENT.
Your readers may be curious to see a list of the persons composing the
domestic establishment (as it may be called) of Queen Elizabeth in the
middle of her reign, and an account of the sums of money severally
allowed to them out of the privy purse of the sovereign.
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