 Delaval had spoken pompously and abusively against the petition, and had thrown the house into a laughter on the topics of bribery and corruption. Pitt, who was in the gallery, started, and came down with impetuosity, and with all his former fire said,...  Autobiographical Recollections of Sir John Bowring - Page 189by John Bowring, Lewin Bentham Bowring - 1843 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1822 - 582 pages
...occasioned such an uproar; lamented to hear a laugh on such a subject as bribery ! Did we try viithin the house to diminish our own dignity, when such attacks...the Speaker would extend a saving hand to raise it : be onlycould restore it — yet scarce he! He called on all to assist, or else vie should only fit... | |
 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...house thin and idle, a younger Delaval had spoken pompously and abusively against the petition, and had thrown the house into a laughter on the topics of...without? That it was almost lost ! That it wanted spirit ! That it had long been vanishing ! Scarce possible to recover it ! That he hoped the Speaker... | |
 | 1823 - 584 pages
...house thin and idle, a younger Delaval had spoken pompously and abusively against the petition, and had thrown the house into a laughter on the topics of...-without ? That it was almost lost! That it wanted spirit ! That it had long been vanishing ! Scarce possible to recover it ! That he hoped the Speaker... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1823 - 426 pages
...house thin and idle, a younger Delaval had spoken pompously and abusively against the petition, and had thrown the house into a laughter on the topics of...without? That it was almost lost ! That it wanted spirit ! That it had long been vanishing ! Scarce possible to recover it ! That he hoped the Speaker... | |
 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...house thin and idle, a younger Delaval had spoken pompously and abusively against the petition, and had thrown the house into a laughter on the topics of...without ? That it was almost lost ! That it wanted spirit ! That it had long been vanishing ! Scarce possible to recover it ! That he hoped the Speaker... | |
 | HENRY INCE - 1860 - 326 pages
...laughter,—at which Pitt rushed to his seat, and said, " Do members laugh on such a subject as bribery ? Do we try within the house to diminish our own dignity, when such attacks are made upon it from without!" Mr. Fox says, " At his first two periods, he brought the house to a... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1860 - 528 pages
...He rushes down, and instantly rises to speak. " Do members laugh on such a subject as bribery ? Do we try within the House to diminish our own dignity, when such attacks are made upon it from without ? " " At his first two periods he brought the House to a silence and... | |
 | Henry Ince - 1864 - 310 pages
...— at which Pitt rushed to bis seat, and said, " Do members laugh on such a subject as bribery ? Do we try within the house to diminish our own dignity, when such attacks are made upon it from without ! " Mr. Fox says, " At his first two periods, he brought the house to... | |
 | Walford Davis Green - Great Britain - 1901 - 488 pages
...gallery listening to the discussion, when suddenly he started up, came down to the floor of the House, " and with all his former fire said, he had asked what...dignity, when such attacks were made upon it from without ? It was almost lost ! It wanted support ! It had long been vanishing ! Scarce possible to recover... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1904 - 710 pages
...gallery. He rushes down, and instantly rises to speak. " Do members laugh on such a subject as bribery? Do we try within the house to diminish our own dignity, when such attacks are made upon it from without?" " At his first two periods," says Fox, " he brought the house to a... | |
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