 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
 | Peter Anton - 1880 - 268 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,... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 240 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,... | |
 | 1919 - 714 pages
...every art There were seated around the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the House of Brunswick. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty,...Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate that still retained some show of freedom,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 240 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,... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 454 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 Sicilv against Verres, and when, before a senate that still retained some show of freedom,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 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 that still retained some show of freedom,... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 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,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 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,... | |
 | 1883 - 528 pages
...admiration on a spectacle which no other country iu the world could present. There Siddons,* in the pride of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene...the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire t thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres ; and when, before a Senate... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Hastings.) - 1883 - 244 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,...her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene sur25 passing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the... | |
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