 ... had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a treasure too often buried in the earth, too often paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation, but still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the...  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 124by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Full view - About this book
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 468 pages
...still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There,...the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 322 pages
...whom the heir of the throne had in secret "plighted his faith. There too was she, the beautiful 15 mother of a beautiful race, the "Saint Cecilia whose...the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich 20 peacock-hangings of "Mrs. Montague. And there... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 822 pages
...still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There...she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the St. Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 322 pages
...still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret "plighted his faith. There too was she, the beautiful 15 mother of a beautiful race, the "Saint Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music,... | |
 | Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood, Mary Alice Emerson - 1901 - 490 pages
...still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There...the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartee, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the... | |
 | Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood, Mary Alice Emerson - 1901 - 488 pages
...still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There...Saint Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by the love of music, art has rescued from the common decay. There were the members of that brilliant... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 528 pages
...still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There...she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the St. Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 524 pages
...still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There...she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the St. Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 450 pages
...still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There,...the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the... | |
 | 1903 - 672 pages
...still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There...the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the... | |
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