judgment-seat

“The name by which we are known in open air must not be pronounced in this subterranean judgment-seat.”

Anne of Geierstein 2008

According to one account, he was cut down by the swords of the soldiers before the very judgment-seat of Theodoric; according to another, a cord was first fastened round his forehead, and tightened till ‘his eyes started’; he was then killed with a club.

Consolation of Philosophy 2007

It is astonishing, when we read of the enormous injustice and barbarity of this beast, to know that no one struck him dead on the judgment-seat.

A Child's History of England 2007

“We are in the judgment-seat,” said Frank, settling to the pasty.

Westward Ho! 2007

Now all refuge has perished, for ye must stand before the judgment-seat, and there is no appeal, but only hanging is in store for you.

The Love of Books : The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury 2007

Surely, if the goddesses decide among themselves the question of the golden apple, Paris himself must vacate the judgment-seat.

Westward Ho! 2007

This remark did not protect art and thought from being condemned once again before the judgment-seat of trade.

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket 2007

This remark did not protect art and thought from being condemned once again before the judgment-seat of trade.

At the Sign of the Cat and Racket 2007

He is not blind to the defects of the Christian Church, and looks forward to a time when Christian and Pagan shall be alike brought before the judgment-seat, and the true City of God shall appear ...

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

The courage of young critics is prodigious: they clamber up to the judgment-seat, and, with scarce a hesitation, give their opinion upon works the most intricate or profound.

The History of Pendennis 2006