THE WORKS

OF

LORD MACAULAY.

VOL. II.

LONDON PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO.

NEW-STREET SQUARE

THE WORKS

OF

LORD MACAULAY :

COMPLETE.

EDITED BY HIS SISTER LADY TREVELYAN.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND Co.

1866.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

PAGE

CHAPTER VII.

William, Prince of Orange ; His Appearance .

His early Life and Education,

His theological Opinions ,

His military Qualifications .

His Love of Danger : his bad Health .
Coldness of his Manners and Strength of his Emotions ; His

Friendship for Bentinck

Mary, Princess of Orange .

Gilbert Burnet
He brings about a good Understanding between the Prince

and Princess

Relations between William and English Parties

His Feelings towards England; His Feelings towards Holland

and France,

His Policy consistent throughout
Treaty of Augsburg; William becomes the Head of the

English Opposition.
Mordaunt proposes to William a Descent on England :
William rejects the Advice :
Discontent in England after the Fall of the Hydes ; Conver-

sions to Popery ; Peterborough ; Salisbury . :.

Wycherley ; Î'indal ; Haines :

Dryden

The Hind and Panther

Change in the Policy of the Court towards the Puritans

Partial Toleration granted in Scotland

Closeting; It is unsuccessful

Admiral Herbert; Declaration of Indulgence

Feeling of the Protestant Dissenters.

Feelings of the Church of England

The Court and the Church .