 | 1836 - 456 pages
...rendered it impossible for him to read the Royal Speech with facility. Most patiently and gooduaturedly did he struggle with the task, often hesitating, sometimes...parts of the House, " Eh ! what is it ?" The infinite good nature and bluntness with which the question was put, would have reconciled the most inveterate... | |
 | James Grant - Great Britain - 1836 - 230 pages
...ineffectual efforts to make out the word, he was obliged to give it up, when turning to Lord Mejbpurne, who stood on his right hand, and looking him most...sufficiently loud to be audible in all parts of the house, " EbJ what is if!" The infinite good-natue and bluntness wita which the question was put, would have... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1850 - 216 pages
...one occasion he stuck altogether, and after two or three ineffectual efforts to make out the wunl, he was obliged to give it up, when, turning to Lord...the face, he said, in a tone sufficiently loud to b» audible in all parts of the house, " Eh !' what is it?" Lord Melbourne having whispered the obstructing... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1864 - 378 pages
...hesitating, sometimes mistaking, and at others correcting himself. On one occasion, he stuck altogether, and after two or three ineffectual efforts to make out...audible in all parts of the House, " Eh ! what is it ? " Lord Melbourne having -whispered the obstructing word, the King proceeded to toil through the speech... | |
 | George Alfred Townsend - France - 1869 - 702 pages
...make out the word, he was obliged to give it up, when, turning to Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister, who stood on his right hand, and looking him most significantly in the face, he said, in tone sufficiently ioud to be audible iu all parts of the House, " Eh! what is it?" " The infinite good-nature... | |
 | George Alfred Townsend - France - 1870 - 702 pages
...make out the word, he was obliged to give it up, when, turning to Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister, who stood on his right hand, and looking him most significantly in the face, he said, in tone sufficiently loud to be audible in all parts of the House, « Eh ! what is it ? " " The infinite... | |
 | John Timbs - Anecdotes - 1873 - 662 pages
...word he was obliged to give it up ; when, turning to Lord Melbourne, who stood on his right hand, nnd looking- him most significantly in the face, he said,...audible in all parts of the House, ' Eh ! what is it ?" Lord Melbourne having whispered the obstructing word, the King proceeded to toil through the speech... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - Wit and humor - 1880 - 186 pages
...hesitating, sometimes mistaking, and at others correcting himself. On one occasion, he stuck altogether, and after two or three ineffectual efforts to make out...audible in all parts of the House, " Eh ! what is it ? " Lord Melbourne having whispered the obstructing word, the King proceeded to toil through the speech... | |
 | Celebrities - 1881 - 426 pages
...hesitating, sometimes mistaking, and at others correcting himself. On one occasion he stuck altogether, and after two or three ineffectual efforts to make out...audible in all parts of the House, "Eh! [what is it 1 " Lord Melbourne having whispered the obstructing word, the king proceeded to toil through the speech,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - Eloquence - 1881 - 336 pages
...sometimes mistaking, and at other times correcting himself. On one occasion he stuck altogether, and after two or three ineffectual efforts to make out...audible in all parts of the House, ' Eh, what is it?' Lord Melbourne having whispered the obstructing word, the king proceeded to toil through the speech... | |
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On one occasion, he stuck altogether, and after two or three ineffectual efforts to make out the word, he was obliged to give it up ; when, turning to Lord Melbourne, who stood on his right hand, and looking him most significantly in the face, he said... 
