 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...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,...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition—... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Historic buildings - 1847 - 474 pages
...against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition, a... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 864 pages
...against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,...allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to as the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble... | |
 | England - 1849 - 822 pages
...against Yerres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,...spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which had preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of s-.> many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...freedom, Tacitus thun* Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, iii., 205,206. dered against the oppressors of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest...spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which had preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...against Verres, and when, before a sen«te which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen,...noble matrons. It had induced Parr to suspend his labours in that dark and profound mite from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition—a... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...which had still some show of freedom, Cicero and Tacitus thundered against the oppressors of Sicily and Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age — Reynolds and Parr. The Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar and bent his knee.... | |
 | James Dennistoun - Art, Renaissance - 1851 - 520 pages
...its force has shown. " ADDISON. " That easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful countenances of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons." MACAULAY. IT would occupy a full chapter were we to trace the history of what Julius II. meant to have... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1854 - 412 pages
...Roman empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres. There sat, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest...of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from the easel which has perpetuated so many noble foreheads; it had induced Panto suspend his labours in... | |
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There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so... 
