 But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of Lords, to the lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race...  The Lives of the Chief Justices of England - Page 277by John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1881Full view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1842 - 654 pages
...representative of a great age which has passed away. But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries...lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men, among whom he was not the foremost.... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...representative of a great age which has now passed away. But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries...lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost."... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...representative of a great age which has passed away. But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries...lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost. The... | |
 | 1845 - 694 pages
...language, 'And those who in our time have listened till the morning sun broke in upon the tapestried walls of the House of Lords, to the lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, may well appreciate the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost. But this would... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone in upon the tapestries of the House of Lords, to the lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost. The... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...Nor, though surrounded by such men, did the youngest manager pass unnoticed. Those who have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries...lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of meii among whom he was not the foremost.... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...Nor, though surrounded by such men, did the youngest manager pass unnoticed. Those who have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries...lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost. Macaulay.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1860 - 588 pages
...representative of a great age which has passed away. But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries...lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost. The... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1860 - 1088 pages
...representative of a great age which has passed away. But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight, till the morning sun shone on the tapestries...lofty and animated eloquence of Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some estimate of the powers of a race of men among whom he was not the foremost. The... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...representative of a great age, which has passed away. But those who, within the last ten years, have listened with delight till the morning sun shone on the tapestries of the House of IiOrds, to the lofty and animated eloquence of Charles, Kail Grey, are able to form some estimate of... | |
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