 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 768 pages
...down everything before him." The exordium of his speech is remarkable: "Among the Romans, the wisest people upon earth, the Temple of Fame was placed behind...Virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the Temple of Fame, but through that of Virtue. But if this bill is passed into a law, one of the most... | |
 | Herbert Woodfield Paul - 1911 - 478 pages
...Walpole's speeches convinced. The Peerage Bill, House of Commons, Dec. 8th, 17191 AMONG the Romans, the temple of fame was placed behind the temple of virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the temple of fame, but through the temple of virtue. But if this bill is passed into law, one of the most... | |
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The exordium of his speech is remarkable. " Among the Romans, the wisest people upon earth, the temple of fame was placed behind the temple of virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the temple of fame, but through that of virtue. But if this bill... 
