 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.  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 124by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Archibald Alison - 1850 - 746 pages
...There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons,...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,... | |
 | 1888 - 564 pages
...Hastings,' mentions her having been present at the trial of Hastings in Westminster Hall, February 13, 1788. "There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty,...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... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...There the Ambassadors of great Kings and Commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons,...prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on the scene. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when, before a senate which... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons,...Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Ye ere? and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pages
...and beauty ; the ambassadors of kings and commonwealths gazed on a spectacle which no other country could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her...empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of SicUy against Verres. There sat, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 pages
...and beauty; the ambassadors of kings and commonwealths gazed on a spectacle which no other country could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her...empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres. There sat, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...could present. There Siddous, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on the scene. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Cicero and Tacitus thundered against the oppressors... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There, Siddons,* in the pride of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene..."^surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There, Gibbon, the historian of the Roman Empire, thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Cicily... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 pages
...There the Ambassadors of great Kings and CommonIrealfhs gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country In the world could present. There Siddons,...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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 644 pages
...gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Sicldons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...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,... | |
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