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. Littell's Living Age - Стр. 2461849Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1849 - Страниц: 792
...daughters of the house of Brunswick. There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gn/.ed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country...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 - Страниц: 642
...the house of Brunswick. There the Ambassadors of great VOL. I. — NO. I. 36 kings and Commonwealth! gazed -with admiration on a spectacle which no other...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 - Страниц: 654
...round the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick. There the Ambassadors "I great Kings and Commonwealths gazed with admiration...country in the world could present. There Siddons, m the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - Страниц: 578
...fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick. There the Ambassadors of great VOL. I. NO. I. 36 kings and Commonwealths gazed with admiration on a...country in the world could present. There Siddons, in the-prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - Страниц: 438
...around the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick. There the Ambassadors of great Kings and Commonwealths gazed with admiration...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 - Страниц: 222
...around the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick. There the Ambassadors of great Kings and Commonwealths gazed with admiration...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,... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - Страниц: 478
...round the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the House of Brunswick. There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration...which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and... | |
| 1849 - Страниц: 864
...round the queeu the fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick. There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration...which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and... | |
| 1849 - Страниц: 822
...house of Brunswick. There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on & spectacle which no other country in the world could...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 - Страниц: 668
...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... | |
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