 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 American Eclectic - Page 4791842Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 792 pages
...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 th« imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...-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...senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus had thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...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 had thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 474 pages
...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...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 - 864 pages
...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...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 pages
...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...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 - 822 pages
...with admiration on & spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...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 pages
...having been present at the trial of Hastings in Westminster Hall, February 13, 1788. "There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...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 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | 1888 - 564 pages
...having been present at the trial of Hastings in Westminster Hall, February 13, 1788. "There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage." Four years before she had been painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds as the Tragic Muse. Probably thisgreatactress... | |
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