 There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a Senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.  Histoire de la littérature anglaise - 196. lappuseautors: Hippolyte Taine - 1869Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | 1849 - 792 lapas
...great kings and commonwealths gn/.ed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her...beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all th« imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 lapas
...36 kings and Commonwealth! gazed -with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her...Sicily against Verres ; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus had thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,... | |
 | 1842 - 654 lapas
...with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, m the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion...Sicily against Verres ; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 lapas
...admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the-prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene...Sicily against Verres ; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus had thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 lapas
...great Kings and Commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her...Sicily against Verres; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 lapas
...great Kings and Commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her...Sicily against Verres ; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,... | |
 | 1849 - 742 lapas
...great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her...which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thun* Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, iii., 205,206. dered against the oppressors of Africa. There... | |
 | 1849 - 822 lapas
...great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on & spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her...days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Yerres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against... | |
 | 1888 - 668 lapas
...Hastings,' mentions her having been present at the trial of Hastings in Westminster Hall, February 13, 1788. "There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty,...scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage." Four years before she bad been painted by Sir Joshua Beynolds as the Tragic Muse. Probably this great... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 lapas
...great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the prime of her...cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a sen«te which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.... | |
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