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There were seated around the queen, the fair-haired, young daughters of the house of Brunswick.
在一頭金發的女王周圍坐著的是布倫威克宮年輕的女兒們。
There the embassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present.
偉大的列王和英聯邦的使節們驚嘆地盯著世界上沒有其他任何國家能上演的場面。
There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage.
正值華年的西登斯動情地凝視著超越所有舞臺模仿的一個場面。
There Gibbon, the historian of the Roman Empire, thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres;
吉本，那位羅馬帝國史學家，思考著西塞羅為西西里反抗維勒斯統治的原因辯護的那段歲月發生的歷史事件；
and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
當時，在尚有幾分自由表達權的元老院，塔西陀疾言厲詞地斥責非洲的暴君。
There, too, were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age;
在那里也能見到肩并肩坐著的當時最偉大的畫家和學者；
for the spectacle had allured Reynolds from his easel and Parr from his study.
這個場景吸引雷諾茲離開畫架，帕爾走出書齋。
The sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee.
軍隊士官們發出歡呼聲。哈斯廷斯走到辯護席前，鞠了一躬。
The culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country;
實際上，這個罪犯并非配不上如此之大的場面。他統治的是一個地域遼闊、人口眾多的國家；
had made laws and treaties; had sent forth armies; had set up and pulled down princes;
制訂過法律簽署過條約，也派遣過軍隊，立過和廢過王儲；
and in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him,
身居如此高位，他竟然如此縱容自己，以至于所有人都懼怕他，絕大多數愛他
and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue.
和憎惡這件事情本身的人，可能拒絕讓他尊享榮耀，除了其優點以外。
