 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
 | William Thomas Stead - 1903 - 720 pages
...guarded the streets. The long galleries were crowded by an audience such as has rarely excited an orator. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty,...looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitation of the stage. ' I 'HE above is quoted from an Esperanto version of A passages taken from... | |
 | 1891 - 120 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,... | |
 | A. L. Stronach - 1891 - 290 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,...historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero1 pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained... | |
 | 1891 - 120 pages
...there the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no 1 other country in the world could present, there siddons,...beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all 1 the imitations of the stage, there the historian of the roman empire thought of the days when cicero... | |
 | Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank Pierrepont Graves, William McAndrew - 1918 - 472 pages
...has half redeemed his fame. There were seated the fair-haired daughters of the house of Brunswick; there the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and where, before a senate that still preserved some show of freedom,... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 420 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,... | |
 | New York State Stenographers' Association - 1892 - 656 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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 432 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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 344 pages
...with admiration on a spectacle which no other 10 country in the world could present. There Siddons,2 in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...all the imitations of the stage. There the historian 3 of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero 4 pleaded the 15 cause of Sicily against Verres,... | |
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