 | Oliver Optic - 1875 - 978 pages
...description of the trial of Warren Hastings, in Westminster Hall, commenced in 1788, says, " The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall...placid courage which has half redeemed his fame." This hall now forms the northern vestibule of the new Houses of Parliament, or Palace of Westminster,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1874 - 568 pages
...tha lord of the holy city of Benares, and over the ladies of the princely house of Oude. ' The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great Hall...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. Tha 1 Macaulay, v. 595 ; Burlcigh and his Timts. avenues... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1874 - 1100 pages
...princely house of Oude. The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Ilufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were... | |
 | John Seely Hart - English language - 1874 - 412 pages
...worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus ; the hall which had resounded with the inauguration of thirty kings; the hall which had...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were... | |
 | Edward Foss - Courts - 1874 - 376 pages
...kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers,1 the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were... | |
 | Edward Foss - Courts - 1874 - 346 pages
...first sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Straffbrd had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil power was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...just absolution of Somers; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment melted and awed a victorious party inflamed with just resentment;...with the placid courage which has half redeemed his name. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers; the streets... | |
 | John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - Latin language - 1875 - 416 pages
...CICEKO, In Catilinam, i. In Verrem, Act ii. lib. i. ยง 7. IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS. THE place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were... | |
 | John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - Latin language - 1875 - 416 pages
...just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of ,Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Stafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - American literature - 1875 - 660 pages
...just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Stratford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party...the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were... | |
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The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers,... 
