 ... precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There, too, was she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the Saint Cecilia, whose delicate features,...  Warren Hastings - Page 159by Thomas Babington Macaulay baron Macaulay - 1886 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 420 pages
...race, the Saint Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. There were the members of that brilliant...criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those of Fox... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 432 pages
...race, the Saint Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. There were the members of that brilliant...criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those of Fox... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 344 pages
...Cecilia9 whose delicate 15 features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the commo ndecay. There were the members of that brilliant society which...criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague.4 And there the ladies whose 20 lips,'' more persuasive than those... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 pages
...race, the Saint Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. There were the members of that brilliant society which• quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1893 - 252 pages
...the Saint Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. There were the members of that brilliant...Westminster election against palace and treasury, shone around Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire." — Macaulay: "Warren Hastings." IV. Comment on the following... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There too was 15 she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the...criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich pea- 20 cock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There too was 15 she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the...criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich pea- 20 cock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those... | |
 | George Eugène Fasnacht - 1897 - 216 pages
...the Saint Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from a 30 common decay. There were the members of that brilliant...there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than Fox himself, had carried the Westminster election against palace and treasury, 35 shone round Georgiana... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 464 pages
...race, the St. Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 pages
...race, the Saint Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the... | |
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