 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,...  Literary and Historical Memorials of London - Page 394by John Heneage Jesse - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...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 hall...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
...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 hall...William Rufus ; the hall which had resounded with acclamation at the inauguration of thirty Kings; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of... | |
 | England - 1849 - 822 pages
...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...thirty kings ; the hall which had witnessed the just sentenoe of Bacon, and the just absolution of Somera : the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had... | |
 | Scotland - 1849 - 864 pages
...Lord William Bentiuck."* The well-known description of Hastings' trial is as follows : — " The place was worthy of such a trial. 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... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1850 - 746 pages
...William Bentinck." * The well-known description of Hastings' trial is as follows : — '• The place was worthy 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
...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 hall...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
...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...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
...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...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... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...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...acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings ; the hall where the eloquence of Stratford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with... | |
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