TO

FRANCIS JEFFREY

THESE ESSAYS ARE DEDICATED,

IN TOKEN

OF THE ESTEEM, ADMIRATION, AND AFFECTION

OF HIS FRIEND

THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.

CRITICAL

AND

HISTORICAL ESSAYS,

CONTRIBUTED TO

THE EDINBURGII REVIEW.

BY

THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

1852.

hor. tus 13. Pirneran Pegancata

LONDON: SportISWOODES anı Suaw,

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