[14] For Trevelyan's evidence, see II, 191.

[15] Trevelyan, II, 244.

[16] Ibid., 321.

[17] Trevelyan, II, 15.

[18] The Quarterly Review, July, 1876.

[19] It is proper to observe that this passage bears a very close resemblance to a passage in the Rambler (No. 20). The resemblance may possibly be the effect of unconscious plagiarism.—Macaulay.

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Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected.