 | 1842 - 654 pages
...But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of Lords, to the lofty...whole days, and was rendered less tedious than it otherwise would have been, by the silver voice and just emphasis a! Cowper, the clerk of the court,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of Lords, to the lofty...a race of men among whom he was not the foremost." pp. 125-127. 18. — The Foreign Quarterly Review, fur October, 1841. This work is, with us, an especial... | |
 | 1845 - 694 pages
...language, 'And those who in our time have listened till the morning sun broke in upon the tapestried walls of the House of Lords, to the lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, may well appreciate the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost. But this would... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...youngest manager pass unnoticed. Those who have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of Lords, to the lofty...able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of meii among whom he was not the foremost. — MACAULAY. DEFENCE OF PELTIER. (In 1803, M. Peltier published... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...written : such formed the aspect with which the great pro-consul presented himself to his judges. 5. The charges, and the answers of Hastings, were first read. This ceremony occupied two whole daysy On the third day, Burke rose. Four sittings of the court were occupied by his opening speech,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...youngest manager pass unnoticed. Those who have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of Lords, to the lofty...a race of men among whom he was not the foremost. Macaulay. ..VII.-THE TWO-FOLD RESCUE. LATIN. I Con-tin'gen-cies, n tangere. Ee-lig'ion, n legarc. Re-mem'ber,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...written: such formed the aspect with which the great pro-consul presented himself to his judges. 5. The charges, and the answers of Hastings, were first read. This "''ceremony occupied two whole days. On the third, Burke rose. Four sittings of the court were occupied by his opening speech, which was... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 588 pages
...But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of Lords, to the lofty...charges and the answers of Hastings were first read. The ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered less tedious than it would otherwise have been... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 pages
...But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the- House of Lords, to the lofty...charges and the answers of Hastings were first read. The ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered less tedious than it would otherwise have been... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...shone on the tapestries of the House of IiOrds, to the lofty and animated eloquence of Charles, Kail Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers...charges and the answers of Hastings were first read. The ceremony occupied two whole days, and was rendered less tedious than it would otherwise have been,... | |
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But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of Lords, to the lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race... 
