 | John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - 1875 - 416 страници
...; 141-143. De Oratore, iii. § 2-6. WARREN HASTINGS.— HIS CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE AT HIS TRIAL. THE culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great...presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, and made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high... | |
 | 1875 - 252 страници
...a'gainst the oppressor of Africa. And there the ladies, whose lips, more persuasive than those of Pox himself, had carried the Westminster election against...shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. The Serjeants made proclamation. . Hastings advanced to the bar and bent his knee. The culprit was, indeed,... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 768 страници
...the opening of the trial of Warren Hastings : •• And there the ladies whose lips, more pertuasive than those of Fox himself, had carried the Westminster...election against palace and treasury, shone round Georgians, I >i:clu •--. of Devonshire." THE EARL OF CHATHAM. The following epigram, from Owen's... | |
 | English authors - 1876 - 504 страници
...quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacockhangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, and made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 страници
...military talents, have first subdued and afterwards plundered nations. BURKE : Imp. of W. Hastings. The Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced...presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, and made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1876 - 462 страници
...quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...treasury, shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire." 1 This evocation of the national history, glory, and constitution forms a picture of a unique kind.... | |
 | Henri van Laun - 1876 - 120 страници
...exchanged repartees, under the rich peacockhangings" of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose ltps, more persuasive than those of Fox himself, had carried the Westminster election against palace 13 and treasury, shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire." MACAULAY. 1800—1859. 1 Had allured... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 456 страници
...scholar of the age." J Mrs. Fitzherbert, whom the Prince of Wales was supposed to have secretly married. the ladies, whose lips, more persuasive than those...Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The cidprit was indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1878 - 488 страници
...quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the tar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an... | |
 | Edward Henry Nolan - 1878 - 446 страници
...quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...treasury, shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire." Such were the spectators of the scene, and the audience before which the eloquence of England's best... | |
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... mother of a beautiful race, the Saint Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay'. There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under... 
