 There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,...  Essay on Warren Hastings - 174. oldalszerző: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 oldal
...; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus had thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...painter, and the greatest scholar of the age. The speatacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 oldal
...Verres; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition—... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 oldal
...and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a... | |
 | 1849 - 864 oldal
...and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to as the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble... | |
 | 1849 - 822 oldal
...and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which had preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of s-.> many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles... | |
 | 1849 - 742 oldal
...freedom, Tacitus thun* Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, iii., 205,206. dered against the oppressors of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest...spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which had preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 oldal
...and when, before a sen«te which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mite from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition—a... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1850 - 746 oldal
...and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition —... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 oldal
...which had still some show of freedom, Cicero and Tacitus thundered against the oppressors of Sicily and Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age — Reynolds and Parr. The Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar and bent his knee.... | |
 | James Dennistoun - 1851 - 520 oldal
...its force has shown. " ADDISON. " That easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful countenances of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons." MACAULAY. IT would occupy a full chapter were we to trace the history of what Julius II. meant to have... | |
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