 There the ambassadors of 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 majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations...  The Quarterly Review - Page 295edited by - 1921Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 792 pages
...of her majestic 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 pleaded the c*usc of Sicily against Verres, and when, before » senate which still retained show of freedom, Tacitus... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of...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 pages
...of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of...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 Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
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 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
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 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 pages
...of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of...Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle... | |
 | 1849 - 864 pages
...of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of...Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle... | |
 | 1849 - 742 pages
...of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of...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 pages
...of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of...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... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1850 - 746 pages
...of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of...Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle... | |
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