LONGMAN S ’ E NGL ISH CLAS SICS E D IT E D BY GEORGE RIC E C ARPEN T ER , A . B. PROFES S OR O F RH E T O RI C A N D E N GL IS H C O M P O S IT IO N IN C O LU M BIA CO LL EG E LORD M AC AULAY LIFE OF SAM UEL J OH NSON EDITED 1 W IT H NOTES A N D A N INTRODUCT ION I ER GRAY BUEHLER A . M . HUB , T n r n m E N N H E A D M AS E R F T H E o ss H K E V I L L O . O c S C O OL ( L A , C ) N E W Y O R K RE E N AN D 0 0 . L O N G M AN S , G , CON TEN TS ’ I M C UL Y S L IFE AND W ORKS . A A A ’ I M ACAULAY S S TYLE A N D GENIU I . S III M C UL Y ON J OH NS ON xxxiii . A A A S UGGESTIONS FOR T EACH ERS AND S TUD ENTS E XA M INAT ION QU ES TIONS CHRON OLOGICAL TABLE— M ACA U LAY CH RONO LOGICAL TABLE— J OHN SON LIFE OF S A M U EL J OHN SON INTRODUCTION ’ 1 M AOA U LA Y S LI FE A N D O RKS . I. W H OM AS ABI N GTO N M A C A U L A Y m a T B , the ost popul r is ssa is of i u r and a a dis Engl h e y t the n neteenth cent y, lso tin u ished ra r s a sma a nd i ria was in g o to , t te n , h sto n , born i s i a O t r 25 1 800 ars of Le cester h re , Engl nd , c obe , ; the ye r He his life therefo re coincide With those of the centu y . ’ was descended on his fa the r s side f rom Scotch Presbyte ’ ia his m i f r m a u a r fami and r ns ; on other s s de , o Q ke ly ; to his earnest and accomplished parents he owed many admir H is f a i a rai of ara . a a ble t ts ch cter ther, s lent , ustere , i man was a a in i for i i p ous , le der the Soc ety the Abol t on of Slavery ; edited the newspape r of the Abolitionist S o ciet and u m am his i ima f ri who y ; n bered ong nt te ends, often met round his table a nd disc u ssed in the p resence of his children the right and wrong of great political qu es The Li e a nd L etters o L ord M a ca u la b his ne hew G f f y , y p , . O o T re el an is one of the es io ra hies e er ri e n a nd a ll tt v y , b t b g p v w tt ; ’ W ho ca n shou ld make the ir acquainta nce With M acau lay s c aree r f rom the a es of ha fa scina in or Unli e some s a nda rd p g t t t g w k . k t ooks it is in e res in and ins irin to oun reade rs as ell a s to b , t t g p g y g w ’ old and it should be ut i hin reac h of all s ude n s of M acau la s , p W t t t y ri in s The es shor lif e of M aca u la is ha b J Cotte r M orrison w t g . b t t y t t y ’ in the En lish M en of L e ers S eries M r M orrison s oo hi h . c g tt b k , W c os s li le con ains onl six cha ers of hic h hree are io ra hical t tt , t y pt , W t b g p a nd three c ritica l; the biographica l c hapters c a n be read by the m sel es in t wo or hree hou rs Those who c anno r ad he h rm v t . t e t c a ing ’ L i e a nd L etters hou ld b all m M orri s i s ea ns read M r. son l le oo f y tt b k. ’ T he ske tc h of M aca ulay s life here given is only for those W ho can not do e en h v t at. x I N TROD UC TI ON i i i a i i iam i - o tions, the dist ngu shed ph l nthrop st W ll W lber did m a an man a force, Who . ore th n y other to secure the boli r tion of the sl ave t ade . ’ a a a m m a m M c ul y s other, to who he perh ps owed ore “ f a i M r i a his a was . a th n to ther, , ccord ng to Morr son , ma of a m- a and aff i a m ar wo n w r he rted ect on te te per, yet cle a and firm i a and i a for influ he ded w th l , w th good eye the m i ” ences i o f a a a . Wh ch g to the or t on of ch r cter When , for i a who a at m nst nce , her son , liked to re d ho e better a at a a bad th n to study school , decl red the we ther to be too “ ” “ o - da his m sa : to g to school to y, other would y No, T m i it i n o ; f ra ns cats a d dogs you shall go. When he brou ght to her— as he often did— childish compositions in and a as i a a ai prose verse th t were , M ss H nn h More s d, ” i a i a a a ai f m qu te extr ord n ry for such b by, she refr ned ro h h m a ma him ai expressions of surprise w ic ight h ve de v n , and appe ared to take as a matte r of co urse his remarkabl e m i and i a i a e . perfor nces, wh ch secretly ston shed del ght d her ill him a Yet , when he fell , she nursed With loving tender i i i a ness that he remembered all his life . Noth ng nd c tes ’ a a a influ n a a r Mrs . M c ul y s e ce over her son better th n lette which she wrote to him When he was a boy at school M a CLA PH AM 2 8 1 8 1 3 . , y , My dear T om : I am very h appy to hear th at you h a ve far a in iff iz and i so dvanced your d erent pr e exercises, w th i i a a to such litt le fatigue . I kno w you wr te w th gre t e se and a i m a e yourself, would r ther wr te ten poe s th n prun m is a ai at first one ; but reme ber th at excellence not tt ned . i are m m af a i reflection All your p eces uch ended ter l ttle , n f a m i a a and i a d there ore t ke so e sol t ry w lks, th nk over i a im r each sep arate th ng . Sp re no t e or t ouble to render a i as f as can and h a e ch p ece per ect you , t en le ve the event a a a a mi a Without one anxious thought . I h ve lw ys d red a saying of one of the old heathen philosophers . When fri end was condoling with him th at he so well deserved of and a did i fa s the gods, yet th t they not shower the r vor on IN TROD UC TI ON xi him as m he a I i , on so e others less worthy, nswered , w ll , ” w r i s of m. So ho eve , cont nue to de erve well the do you , u r a s it is i f Go m ar . o d y de est Do yo best, bec u e the w ll you s u im r fa m and ho ld p ove every culty to the ut ost now , r rs of u mi r is and st engthen the powe yo r nd by exe c e , then in f u tu re you will be better en abled to glo rify God with all and a s of a m r u m your powers t lent , be they o e h ble or i and ou a fai i i h gher order, y sh ll not l to be rece ved nto v r a i a i a i s i a a i i of e e l st ng h b t t on , w th the ppl ud ng vo ce our ” a i u r l a nd fai fu s r a .