 I thank God that I have been enabled to come here this day to perform my duty, and to speak on a subject which has so deeply impressed my mind. I am old and infirm — have one foot, more than one foot in the grave — I am risen from my bed, to stand...  William Pitt, Earl of Chatham - Page 339by Albert von Ruville - 1907Full view - About this book
 | George Wingrove Cooke - Great Britain - 1837 - 694 pages
...deeply impressed my mind. I am old and infirm, have one foot, and more than one foot in the grave. I am risen from my bed to stand up in the cause of my country, perhaps never again to speak in this house.' The reverence, the attention, the stillness of the house was most affecting : if any one CHAP. had... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1838 - 680 pages
...impressed my mind. I am old and in" firm — have one foot, more than one foot in the " grave — I am risen from my bed to stand up in " the cause of my...— perhaps never again to " speak in this House." The reverence, the attention, the stillness of the House were here most affecting; had any one dropped... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1840 - 650 pages
...impressed my mind. I am old and infirm — have one foot, more than one foot, in the nave — I am risen from my bed, to stand up in the cause of my...country —perhaps never again to speak in this House." The reverence — the attention — the stillness of the House was most affecting : if any one hid... | |
 | Biography - 1838 - 530 pages
...impressed my mind. I am old and infirm — have one foot — more than one foot, in the grave. I am risen from my bed, to stand up in the cause of my...! — perhaps never again to speak in this House.' " The reverence, the attention, the stillness of the house, was most affecting : if any one had dropped... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1838 - 672 pages
...impressed my mind. I am old and in" firm — have one foot, more than one foot in the " grave — I am risen from my bed to stand up in " the cause of my...— perhaps never again to " speak in this House." The reverence, the attention, the stillness of the House were here most affecting; had any one dropped... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...deeply impressed my mind. I am old and infirm; have one foot/ more than 15 one foot, in the grave. I am risen from my bed, to stand up in the cause of my...country! perhaps never again to speak in this house!" At first he spoke in a very low and feeble tone; but as he grew warm, his voice rose, and was as harmonious... | |
 | Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 pages
...deeply impressed my mind. I am old and infirm—have one foot—more than one foot, in the grave. I am risen from my bed, to stand up in the cause of my country!—perhaps never again to speak in this House.' " The reverence, the attention, the stillness... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...deeply impressed my mind. I am old and infirm; have one foot, more than 15 one foot, in the grave. I am risen from my bed, to stand up in the cause of my...country! perhaps never again to speak in this house!" At first he spoke in a very low and feeble tone; but as he grew warm, his voice rose, and was as harmonious... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1840 - 628 pages
...impressed my mind. I am old and infirm — have one foot, more than one foot, in the grave — I am risen from my bed, to stand up in the cause of my...country — perhaps never again to speak in this House.' The reverence — the attention — the stillness of the House was most affecting : if any one had... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1840 - 626 pages
...impressed my mind. I am old and infirm — have one foot, more than one foot, in the grave — I am risen from my bed, to stand up in the cause of my...country — perhaps never again to speak in this House.' The reverence — the attention — the stillness of the House was most affecting: if any one had dropped... | |
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