 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 456 pages
...just sentence of Bacou, and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...the high court of justice, with the placid courage that has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp were wanting. The avenues were lined... | |
 | James De Mille - 1878 - 618 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...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,... | |
 | James Kirby - 1878 - 658 pages
...just sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Stafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...placid courage which has half redeemed his fame." The great Essayist by his love of dramatic effect, and by his immediate subject which wan the trial... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 pages
...just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and united a victorious party inflamed with just resentment,...placid courage which has half redeemed his fame." Then the prisoner was a man whom no one could regard without the strongest interest. For fifteen years... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 518 pages
...just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and united a victorious party inflamed with just resentment,...placid courage which has half redeemed his fame." Then the prisoner was a man whom no one could regard without the strongest interest. For fifteen years... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1878 - 396 pages
...hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party in:l mi'-d with just resentment; the hall where Charles had confronted...Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed hia fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 pages
...just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford Iv/xIv/ `Iv/ courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 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...had confronted the High Court of Justice with the courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues... | |
 | John Curnow - 1879 - 410 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...inflamed with just resentment, the hall where Charles I. had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame."... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 240 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...grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshaled 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,... 
