 It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of the glare in which the perfidies of his earlier years were lost — that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign also has its...  Autobiography and Reminiscences - Page 319by David Patterson Dyer - 1922 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1316 pages
...effort of memory and judgment was the only portion that could be properly deemed rhetorical : — " It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of the glare in • Roebuck, " History of the Whig Ministry," vol. ip 50. t We speak from personal observation, having... | |
 | Great orators - 1881 - 242 pages
...truth, sceptres are chiefly to be envied, for that they bestow the power of thus conquering and ruling. It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of...that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble, — a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign has its claims also. But how... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - Great Britain - 1881 - 506 pages
...may quote the closing sentences as a very favourable example of his oratory : ' It was,' he said, ' the boast of Augustus — it formed part of the glare...that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy of a great prince, and to which the present reign also has its claims. But... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...occasion for six hours, and concluded thus : " It was tho boast of Augustus — it formed part of tho glare in which the perfidies of his earlier years...that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which tho present reign also has its claims. But how... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...contained in the peroration of Brougham's speech on Law Reform, in the House of Commons, February, 1828 : " It was the boast of Augustus, — it formed part of...that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign also has its claims. But how... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - Civilization, Anglo-Saxon - 1882 - 514 pages
...which we may quote the closing sentences as a very favorable example of his oratory: "It was," he said, "the boast of Augustus — it formed part of the glare...that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble; a praise not unworthy of a great prince, and to which the present reign also has its claims. But how... | |
 | Frederick Charles Moncreiff - Judges - 1882 - 204 pages
...Law Reform, delivered in 1828, the following passage occurs :— " It was the boast of Augustus—it formed part of the glare in which the perfidies of his earlier years were lost—that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble : a praise not unworthy a great prince, and... | |
 | William Linn Keese - Editors - 1883 - 112 pages
...Lord Brougham on law reform, containing the famous antitheses: " It was the boast of Augustus—it formed part of the glare in which the perfidies of...that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign also has its claims. But how much... | |
 | William Linn Keese - Editors - 1883 - 112 pages
...Lord Brougham on law reform, containing the famous antitheses: " It was the boast of Augustus—it formed part of the glare in which the perfidies of...that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign also has its claims. But how much... | |
 | James L. Ohlson - Elocution - 1883 - 154 pages
...that vast forever One grand sweet song." Take also an extract from one of Brougham's speeches : — " It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of...perfidies of his earlier years were lost — that \iefound Rome of brick, and left it of marble; but how much nobler will be our sovereign's boast when... | |
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