 The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers,...  Selections from the Writings of Lord Macaulay - Page 156by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1849 - 792 pages
...rvWvrs which iS* whole , * ^ 4., ยป Sk ti lnii.ui of Somers; the hall where the eloquence of .Stratford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party,...were kept clear by cavalry ; the peers, robed in gold aiid ermine, were marshalled by the heralds, nndertheGarterking-at-arms. The judges, in their vestments... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for...cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-Arms. The judges, in their vestments of state, attended,... | |
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Slrafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wauting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept cleu by cavalry. The peers,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for...awed and melted a victorious party, inflamed with jusf resentment; the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...thirty Kings; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for...cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-Arms. The judges, in their vestments of state, attended... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for...cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-Arms. The judges, in their vestments of state, attended... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 474 pages
...kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers,* the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for...Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues * This is more poetical than true. The proceedings, both against Bacon and Somers, took place, not... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 pages
...omitted two such remarkable events in its past history, as the trials of these two celebrated men. were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in velvet and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under garter-king-at-arms. The judges in their vestments... | |
 | 1849 - 864 pages
...juat sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Stafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party,...cavalry ; the peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds, under the Garter king-at-arms. The judges, in their vestments of state,... | |
 | 1849 - 742 pages
...kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for...lined with grenadiers ; the streets were kept clear hy cavalry ; the peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds, under the Garterking-at-arms.... | |
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