 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies, whose lips,...shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. The Serjeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed... | |
 | J C. Graham - 1861 - 134 pages
...which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montagu. And there the ladies, whose lips, more persuasive...treasury, shone round Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. CONCLUSION OF THE VISION OF DON RODERICK. I. " Who shall command Estrella's mounten-tide Back to the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...brilliant society which quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies, whose lips, more persuasive than those of Fox 25 himself, had carried the Westminster election against palace and treasury, shone round Georgiana,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 514 pages
...brillant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged reparties, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs Montague. And there the ladies whose lips,...treasury, shone round Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire. §2. Ainsi préparé, il a abordé l'histoire d'Angleterre; il ya choisi l'époque qui convenait le... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...its evil, by losing all its grossness. E. BURKE 130. WARREN HASTINGS — HIS APPEARANCE ON HIS TRIAL. The culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great...presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, and made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 516 pages
...brillant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged reparties, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than (hose of Fox himself, had carried the Westminster election against palace and treasury, shone round... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 pages
...brilliant society which quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips,...election against palace and treasury, shone round Georgians Duchess of Devonshire. The Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than...treasury, shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. 7. The sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than...treasury, shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. 7. The sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies, whose lips,...knee. The culprit was, indeed, not unworthy of that presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth... | |
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... too was she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the Saint Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticized, and exchanged... 
