 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...  Littell's Living Age - Page 2461849Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares, and the ladies of the princely house of Oude. " The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great...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
...exercising tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares, and the ladies of the princely house of Oiide. The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great...William Rufus ; the hall which had resounded with acclamation at the inauguration of thirty Kings; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1847 - 478 pages
...Westminster Hall, has been graphically and beautifully painted by Mr. Macaulay. " The place," he says, " was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall...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... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 864 pages
...with which the latest generation of Hindoos will contemplate the statue of Lord William Bentiuck."* The well-known description of Hastings' trial is as...It was the great hall of William Rufus — the hall whioh had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings; the hall which had witnessed... | |
 | England - 1849 - 822 pages
...»tatué of Lord William Uentiek."* The well-known description of Hastings' trial is as follow» : — "The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hull of William Rufus — the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1850 - 746 pages
...with which the latest generation of Hindoos will contemplate the statue of Lord William Bentinck." * The well-known description of Hastings' trial is as...of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rnfus — the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings ; the... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Benares, and over the ladies of the princelyhouse of Oude. The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great...acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings ; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...their origin, and over which they exercise their control. X.— TRIAL OF WARREN HASTINGS. TB MACAULA?. THE place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great...hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inaugurations of thirty kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon, and the just... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...IMPEACHMENT OP WABREN HASTINGS. 1. THE place in which the impeachment of Warren Hastings was conducted, was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall...the hall, which had resounded with +acclama:tions, a^jhe inauguration of thirty kingsAtTie hall, which~had witnessed the~Jtist sentence of Bacon, andjfie... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854 - 452 pages
...tyranny over the 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 which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon andthe just absolutionof Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and... | |
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