| James Grant - Great Britain - 1836 - 424 pages
...be audible in all parts of the House, " Eh! what is it?" The infinite goodnature and bluntness with which the question was put, would have reconciled...read this speech in the way its importance deserves ; bat, as lights are now brought me, I will read it again from the commencement, and in a way which,... | |
| Anecdotes - 1850 - 216 pages
...house, " Eh !' what is it?" Lord Melbourne having whispered the obstructing word, the King proceeded fo toil through the speech, but, by the time he got to...will read it again from the commencement, and in a war which, I trust, will command your attention." He then again, though evidently fatigued by the difficulty... | |
| George Alfred Townsend - France - 1869 - 702 pages
...it?" " The infinite good-nature and bluntness with which the question was put," says a looker-on, " would have reconciled the most inveterate republican...me, I will read it again from the commencement, and iu a way which, I trust, will command your attention." He then again, though evidently fatigued by... | |
| Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1883 - 862 pages
...got to about the middle, the librarian brought him two wax-lights, on which he suddenly paused ; then raising his head, and looking at the Lords and Commons,...light, to read this speech in the way its importance deserres ; but as lights are now brought me, I will read it again from the commencement, and in a way... | |
| Celebrities - 1881 - 432 pages
...got to about the middle the librarian brought him two waxlights, on which he suddenly paused ; then, raising his head and looking at the Lords and Commons,...importance deserves ; but, as lights are now brought to me, I will read it again from the commencement, and in a way which, I trust, will command your attention."... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - Eloquence - 1881 - 336 pages
...and without the least embarrassment or the mistake of a single word, in these terms — ' MY LOEDS AND GENTLEMEN, — I have hitherto not been able,...brought me, I will read it again from the commencement, in a way which, I trust, will command your attention.' The king then again, though evidently fatigued... | |
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