 There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so...  Warren Hastings, ed. by S. Hales - Page 136by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Hastings.) - 1883 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...Verres ; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...noble matrons. It had , induced Parr to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition —... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus had thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...painter, and the greatest scholar of the age. The speatacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...Verres ; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition —... | |
 | 1849 - 864 pages
...and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to as the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble... | |
 | 1849 - 822 pages
...and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which had preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of s-.> many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles... | |
 | 1849 - 742 pages
...freedom, Tacitus thun* Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, iii., 205,206. dered against the oppressors of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest...spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which had preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...and when, before a sen«te which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mite from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition—a treasure too often buried in the... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...which had still some show of freedom, Cicero and Tacitus thundered against the oppressors of Sicily and Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age — Reynolds and Parr. The Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar and bent his knee.... | |
 | James Dennistoun - 1851 - 520 pages
...its force has shown. " ADDISON. " That easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful countenances of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons." MACAULAY. IT would occupy a full chapter were we to trace the history of what Julius II. meant to have... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...ere? and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side,...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labors in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition —... | |
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