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" ... raising his head, and looking at the Lords and Commons, he addressed them, on the spur of the moment, in a perfectly distinct voice, and without the least embarrassment, or the mistake of a single word, in these terms : — "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,—... "
Random Recollections of the House of Commons, from the Year 1830 to the ... - Page 13
by James Grant - 1836 - 207 pages
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Random Recollections of the House of Lords: From the Year 1830 to 1836 ...

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,...
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The Railway Anecdote Book: A Collection of the Best and Newest Anecdotes and ...

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...
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The New World Compared with the Old: A Description of the American ...

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...
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The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in ..., Volume 1

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...
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Tit-bits from All the Most Interesting Books, Periodicals and ..., Volume 1

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."...
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Beeton's Complete Orator, Including the Art of Public Speaking and British ...

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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