 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
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 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...Sicily against Verres ; and when, before a senate which had still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. 5. There... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - 1867 - 1030 oldal
...emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There GibCOTTAGE CYCLOPEDIA OP boo, the historian of the Roman empire, thought of the...of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate that still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. The spectacle... | |
 | 1867 - 894 oldal
...looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of *he Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded...Sicily against Verres ; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,... | |
 | John Blaikie - 1868 - 336 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... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 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...pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres ; and when, bofore a senate which had still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 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 the historian of the Roman Empire (Gibbon) thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1869 - 498 oldal
...anglais. 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 - 1871 - 732 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 of... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 oldal
...world could present. There Siddonsin 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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 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 of... | |
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