 | Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 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 high court of justice with the placid courage that has half redeemed his fame. 2. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 526 pages
...just absolution of Somers; the hall where the clergyman of Strafford had for a moment awed and united a victorious party inflamed with just resentment ;...placid courage which has half redeemed his fame."* The prisoner was a man who might well engage the sympathies of all who looked upon him. For fifteen... | |
 | 1882 - 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,...inflamed with just resentment; the hall where Charles confronted the high court of justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame." "And... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 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 Baldwin - 1883 - 612 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 jndges... | |
 | 1906 - 484 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...were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clean by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter... | |
 | 1906 - 476 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...was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. f The streets were kept clean by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the... | |
 | Chester Noyes Greenough - 1906 - 330 pages
...just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of 5 Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined 10 with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were... | |
 | 1903 - 626 pages
...just sentences 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 a just resentment; the Hall WESTMINSTER HALL AS IT APPEARS TO-DAY. the constitution were laid, or far... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1907 - 196 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 Kingat-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,... 
