 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...Sicily against Verres ; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus had thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were...painter, and the greatest scholar of the age. The speataclc had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 864 pages
...the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate...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
...historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Yerres, and when, before a senate which still retained some...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
...the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate...which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thun* Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, iii., 205,206. dered against the oppressors of Africa. There... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pages
...Roman empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of SicUy 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 HISTORY OF EUROPE. 9Э поЫе foreheads ; it had induced... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 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.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...senate which had some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa; and there too, were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age; for the spectacle had ^allured Keynolds from his easel, and Parr, from his study. 4. The f sergeants... | |
 | J C. Graham - 1861 - 134 pages
...stage. There, the historian of the Roman. Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres ; and when, before a senate...of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from the easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and... | |
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Roman empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. 
