 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...and all the accomplishments, which are developed by liberty and civilization, were now displayed, and every advantage that could be derived both from co-operation...according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets, on an Englishman accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares,... | |
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...through many troubled centuries, to the days when the foundations of the constitution were laid ; or fai away, over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations...according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets, on an Englishman accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...which was then exhibited at Westminster; but, perhaps, there never was a spectacle so well calculated to strike a highly cultivated, a reflecting, an imaginative...according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets, on an Englishman accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1846 - 708 pages
...carried the mind either backward through many troubled centuries to the days when the foundations of our constitution were laid ; or far away over boundless...under strange stars, worshipping strange gods, and * 26 Parl. Hist. 1217. CHAP. CLIX. Tliurlow's address to Hastings on his arraign, ment. Bliss Burney's... | |
 | 1850 - 612 pages
...hour — the noble Burke ; and himself to sit in judgment over those nations, " living under atnnge 'stars, worshipping strange gods, and writing strange characters, ' from right to left," among whom the orator was transporting his audience. Little could Sir James have thought, that he would... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 pages
...carried the mind either backward through many troubled centuries to the days when the foundations of our constitution were laid; or far away over boundless...according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets, on an Englishman accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...developed by liberty and civilisation were now displayed, with every advantage that could be derived from co-operation and from contrast. Every step in...over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations of India, living under strange stars, worshipping strange gods, and writing strange characters from... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 354 pages
...one hour. All the talents and all the accomplishments which are developed by liberty and civilization were now displayed, with every advantage that could...according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantagenets, on an Englishman accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...developed by liberty and civilisation were now displayed, with every advantage that could be derived from co-operation and from contrast. Every step in...over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations of India, living under strange stars, worshipping strange gods, and writing strange characters from... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1854 - 128 pages
...atmosphere around us. 1 2. Lastly came winter, clothed all in frieze, Chattering hia teeth for cold. 13. The High Court of Parliament was to sit according to forms handed down from the days of the Plantageuets, on an Englishman, accused of exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares.... | |
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Every step in the proceedings carried the mind either backward, through many troubled centuries, to the days when the foundations of our constitution were laid; or far away, over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations living under strange stars,... 
