 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 of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 126by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...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,...Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1844 - 492 pages
...admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There, Siddons,* in the pride of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene...Empire* thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres; and when, before a senate which had some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...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,...Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus... | |
 | 1849 - 742 pages
...the ambassadors of the great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons,...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,... | |
 | 1849 - 822 pages
...There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gniéd with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons,...Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Yerres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom,... | |
 | 1849 - 864 pages
...There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle wimich no other country in the world could present. There Siddons,...beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all time imitations of time stage. There the historian of the Ronian Empire thought of the days when Cicero... | |
 | 1888 - 668 pages
...mentions her having been present at the trial of Hastings in Westminster Hall, February 13, 1788. “ There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty,...scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage.” Four years before she had been painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds as the Tragic Muse. Probably thiogreatactresahadarrived... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...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,...Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a sen«te which still retained some show of freedom,... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1850 - 746 pages
...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,...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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 370 pages
...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,...Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when ^ befara a senate which still retained some show of freedom,... | |
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