 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...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...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. 2. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The ivenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...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...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. 2. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets... | |
 | Henry Beveridge - 1867 - 984 pages
...Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious part}' inflamed with just resentment: the hall where Charles...had confronted the high court of justice with the nlad'1' courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither civil nor military ponij1 was wanting. The... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - 1867 - 1030 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, inflamed with just resentment ; the haH where Charles had confronted the high court of justice, with the placid courage that has half redeemed... | |
 | 1867 - 894 pages
...eloquence of Btrafford had for a moment awed and melted я victorious party inflamed with just rosontmunt ; the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid couraire which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafiord had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under garter king-alarms. The judges,... | |
 | John Blaikie - 1868 - 336 pages
...just sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed...grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter kingat-arms. The judges... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 pages
...had confronted the high court of justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. 2. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues...grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshaled by the heralds under the garter king-at-arms. The judges,... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - 1869 - 392 pages
...where the eloquence of Stafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with a just resentment ; the hall where Charles had confronted...grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under the garter king-at-arms. The... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1869 - 498 pages
...resentmenl, the hall where Charles had confronted Ihe high court of justice with the placid cou. rage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military...grenadiers. The streets were -kept clear by cavalry. The peers robed in gold and ermine were marshalled by the heralds under Garter king-at-arms. The judges... | |
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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,... 
