 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 532 pages
...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 Gcorgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. The sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1874 - 376 pages
...brilliant society, which quoted, criticised and exchanged repartees under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies, whose lips,...advanced to the bar and bent his knee. The culprit, indeed, was not unworthy of that great presence ; he had ruled an extensive and populous country, and... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1874 - 346 pages
...brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies, whose lips,...election against palace and treasury, shone round Georgania, Duchess of Devonshire. The sergeants made proclamation : Hastings advanced to the bar, and... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1874 - 568 pages
...exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose liis, more persuasive than those of Fox himself, had carried...treasury, shone round Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. ' 1 This evocation of the national history, glory, and constitution forms a picture of a unique kind.... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees under the rich peacock-hangings of Mr. Montague; and there the ladies, whose lips, more persuasive...himself, had carried the Westminster election against the palace and the treasury, shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. The Sergeants made proclamation.... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 pages
...his magnificent description of Westminster Hall, at the opening of the trial of Warren Hastings: u And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than...shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire." THE EARL OF CHATHAM. The following epigram, from Owen's " Weekly Chronicle" for 1761, appeared at the time... | |
 | John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - 1875 - 416 pages
...; 141-143. De Oratore, iii. § 2-6. WARREN HASTINGS.— HIS CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE AT 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... | |
 | 1875 - 252 pages
...a'gainst the oppressor of Africa. And there the ladies, whose lips, more persuasive than those of Pox himself, had carried the Westminster election against...shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. The Serjeants made proclamation. . Hastings advanced to the bar and bent his knee. The culprit was, indeed,... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 768 pages
...the opening of the trial of Warren Hastings : •• And there the ladies whose lips, more pertuasive than those of Fox himself, had carried the Westminster...election against palace and treasury, shone round Georgians, I >i:clu •--. of Devonshire." THE EARL OF CHATHAM. The following epigram, from Owen's... | |
 | English authors - 1876 - 504 pages
...brilliant society which quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacockhangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips,...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... | |
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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... 
