 There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations...  Essay on Warren Hastings - 173. oldalszerző: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 oldal
...world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There...cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a sen«te which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 oldal
...could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on the scene. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Cicero and Tacitus thundered against the oppressors... | |
 | 1853 - 458 oldal
...world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There...days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Ye ere? and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 oldal
...country could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There...Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres. There sat, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 oldal
...country could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There...thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of SicUy against Verres. There sat, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 oldal
...could present. There Siddous, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on the scene. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Cicero and Tacitus thundered against the oppressors... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 oldal
...beauty, looked with emotion on a scene "^surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There, Gibbon, the historian of the Roman Empire, thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Cicily against Verres; and when, before a senate which had some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 oldal
...could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a- scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There...some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen side by side the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1078 oldal
...world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There...Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the causo of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom,... | |
 | J C. Graham - 1861 - 134 oldal
...world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There,...some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There, were seen, side by side, the greatest painter) and the greatest scholar... | |
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