... mother of a beautiful race, the Saint Cecilia whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay'. There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under... Selections from the Writings of Lord Macaulay - Strona 148autor: Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - Liczba stron: 475Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| E.M. ABDY-WILLIAMS - 1885 - Liczba stron: 772
...beginning of the trial of Warren Hastings: "And there the ladies — whose lips, more persuasive than Fox himself, had carried the Westminster election...— shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire." We who have lately seen the portraits of Hardwick can understand how they shone like stars round the... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay baron Macaulay - 1886 - Liczba stron: 196
...quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...treasury, shone round Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. The Serjeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed... | |
| 1887 - Liczba stron: 644
...Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. (8) The ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...treasury, shone round Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATUEE.— PABT II. The Board of Examiners. 1. Who were the authors of the... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1890 - Liczba stron: 520
...quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...against palace and treasury, shone round Georgiana, Duchass of Devonshire." i This evocation of the national history, glory, and constitution forms a picture... | |
| 1890 - Liczba stron: 714
...quoted, criticized, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies, whose lips, more persuasive than those...Westminster election against palace and treasury, shone around Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire." In this one description there is interwoven politics, in... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1890 - Liczba stron: 496
...crilicised, and exchanged reparties, under Iho rich peacock-hangings of Mrs Montagne. And Ihere thé ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those of Fox himself, had carried thé Westminster élection against palace and Ircasury, shone round Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire.... | |
| 1891 - Liczba stron: 120
...criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the 6 rich peacock-hangings of mrs. montague, and there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...treasury, shone round georgiana, duchess of devonshire, 1 the sergeants made proclamation, bastings 1 advanced to the bar, and bent his knee, the culprit was... | |
| New York State Stenographers' Association - 1892 - Liczba stron: 656
...quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. " The Serjeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - Liczba stron: 420
...quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock-hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive than those...treasury, shone round Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. The Serjeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed... | |
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