 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.  The Southern Quarterly Review - Էջ 286խմբագրել է - 1842Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 1849 - 792 էջ
...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 th« imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero... | |
 | 1842 - 654 էջ
...admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, m the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene...senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 էջ
...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...senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 էջ
...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...senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 էջ
...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...Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were... | |
 | 1849 - 742 էջ
...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...Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thun* Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, iii., 205,206.... | |
 | 1849 - 864 էջ
...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...Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were... | |
 | 1849 - 822 էջ
...admiration on & 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...days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Yerres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against... | |
 | 1888 - 668 էջ
...present at the trial of Hastings in Westminster Hall, February 13, 1788. "There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage." Four years before she bad been painted by Sir Joshua Beynolds as the Tragic Muse. Probably this great... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 էջ
...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...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.... | |
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