 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.  The American Eclectic - Page 4791842Full view - About this book
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 572 pages
...which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic lieauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the...Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 pages
...with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verrcs, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 586 pages
...with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons. in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought o; the days when Cieero pleaded the cause of Sieily against Verres, and when, before a senate which... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 728 pages
...with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 1054 pages
...admiration on a spectacle wluch no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime qf her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene...Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Eoman empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres ; and when,... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1874 - 376 pages
...with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...gazed in admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Varres, and when before a senate, which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against... | |
 | 1918 - 498 pages
...kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers; against Verres, and when, before a senate which had...thundered against the oppressor of Africa." There an Englishman, who had, by the power of England, been sent to rule over "dusky nations living under... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1874 - 568 pages
...with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons. in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing jl the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero... | |
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