The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers,... Selections from the Writings of Lord Macaulay - Page 156by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1876 - 592 pages
...thirty kings: the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court...Neither military nor civil, pomp was wanting. * * * The long galleries were crowded by an audience such as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation of... | |
| George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 pages
...just sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers; the hall where the eloquence of Strafibrd had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resentment; the hall M'here Charles had confronted the high court of justice, with the placid courage that has halt' redeemed... | |
| Henri van Laun - 1876 - 120 pages
...kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution l of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted2 a victorious party inflamed with just resentment, the hall where Charles had confronted3 the... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1877 - 392 pages
...just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Stratford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter-King-at-Arms. The judges, in their vestments of state, attended... | |
| George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 456 pages
...kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacou, and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for...the high court of justice, with the placid courage that has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp were wanting. The avenues were lined... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 498 pages
...sentence of Bacon, and the just ''"absolution of Soniers; the hall, where the eloquence of Stafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...High Court of Justice, with the placid courage which half redeemed his fame. 2. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with... | |
| James De Mille - 1878 - 618 pages
...kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for...cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King at Arms. The judges, in their vestments of state, attended... | |
| James Kirby - 1878 - 658 pages
...just sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Stafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...placid courage which has half redeemed his fame." The great Essayist by his love of dramatic effect, and by his immediate subject which wan the trial... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 518 pages
...just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and united a victorious party inflamed with just resentment,...placid courage which has half redeemed his fame." Then the prisoner was a man whom no one could regard without the strongest interest. For fifteen years... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1878 - 396 pages
...kings; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party in:l mi'-d with just resentment; the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with... | |
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