 | England - 1849 - 792 pages
...rvWvrs which iS* whole , * ^ 4., » Sk ti lnii.ui of Somers; the hall where the eloquence of .Stratford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party,...had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...ladies of the princely house of Oude. " The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus ; the hall which had resounded with...awed and melted a victorious party, inflamed with jusf resentment; the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage... | |
 | American periodicals - 1842 - 654 pages
...such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus ; the hall which had resounded with acclamation at the inauguration of thirty Kings; the hall which...absolution of Somers ; the hall where the eloquence of Slrafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resentment ; the hall... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...the ladies of the princely house of Oude. The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus; the hall which had resounded with...had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...Oude. The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the • Governor General of India. * Q* great hall of William Rufus ; the hall which had resounded with...had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Historic buildings - 1847 - 474 pages
...painted by Mr. Macaulay. " The place," he says, " was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with...had confronted the high court of justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1847 - 478 pages
...painted by Mr. Macaulay. " The place," he says, " was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with...just sentence of Bacon, and the just absolution of Sorners,* the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...of Hastings' trial is as follows : — The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus — the hall which had resounded...had confronted the high court of justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 864 pages
...juat 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,...had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues... | |
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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,... 
