 | James Bentley Gordon - 1806 - 600 pages
...of any success in his efforts, determined on a total secession from parliament, and ended his speech in the following words. " We have offered you our...after this day shall not attend the house of commons." Attempts had been, made elsewhere against the ttempts. gygtgiji of coercion Sheriffs and other legal... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1806 - 516 pages
...yours ; you will " persevere : having no hopes left to persuade or dissuade, and having dis" charged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and after this day tball not " attend the House of Commont." 17 Par. Deb. p. 570. * It is not my object to rehearse every... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1812 - 652 pages
...reject it : we dt precate your's ; you will persevere : haying IK. hoj-e^ left to persuade or dLixuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and after this day shall not attend the Hmst of Commons." I/ Parl. Deb. p. 570. > The extreme rigour of military government was enforced by... | |
 | William Henry Curran - Lawyers - 1819 - 468 pages
...you will reject it; we deprecate yours;—you will persevere : having no hopes left to persuade or to dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall...more, and after this day shall not attend the house of commons?—Irish Par. Deb. May 15, 1797. A few weeks after the secession of the opposition, Mr. Grattan... | |
 | Ireland - 1821 - 670 pages
...parliamentary reform; a very spirited debate ensued, and Mr. Grattan closed an energetic speech, with these words: — " We have offered you our measure, you...after this day shall not attend the House of Commons." From this time Mr. Grattan ceased to attend in the senate; and at the ensuing dissolution, in an address... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Great Britain - 1822 - 450 pages
...comparatively unbroken; if that lesson has no effect on ministers, surely I can suggest nothing that will. We have offered you our measure, you will reject it;...AFTER THIS DAY SHALL NOT ATTEND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ! Lord Castlereagh alter complimenting Mr. Grattan on the ability and temperance of his speech, declared... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1832 - 340 pages
...ministers, surely I can suggest nothing that will. We have offered you our measure, you wfil eject it ; we deprecate yours, you will persevere : having...AFTER THIS DAY SHALL NOT ATTEND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS." (May 15, 1797.) — ^ration's Speeches, vol. iii. p. 342. not, however composed of that stern stuff,... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...Parliamentary Reform, with these words : " We have offered you our measure, you will reject it ; we depreciate yours, you will persevere ; having no hopes left to...after this day shall not attend the House of Commons." For several years after, Mr. Grattan ceased to attend in the senate; and the same line of conduct was... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 368 pages
...Parliamentary Reform, with these words: " We have offered you our measure, you will reject it; we depreciate yours, you will persevere; having no hopes left to...after this day shall not attend the House of Commons. For several years after, Mr. Grattan ceased to attend in the senate; and the same line of conduct was... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Ireland - 1831 - 350 pages
...faction which had gathered round the government, determined to secede. Mr Grattan, on the night that Mr Ponsonby brought forward his last measure of conciliation,...parliament was almost wholly devoted to the faction of the ascendancy, and of course essentially hostile to the nation. It soon precipitated a convulsion which... | |
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We have offered you our measure. You will reject it. We deprecate yours ; you will persevere. Having no hopes left to persuade or dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and after this day shall not attend the House of... 
