 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 Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 618 pages
...God that, old and infirm, and with more than one foot in the grave, I have been able to come this day to stand up in the cause of my country, perhaps never again to enter the walls of this house." Stillness prevailed. His voice, at first low and feeble, rose and became... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 620 pages
...God that, old and infirm, and with more than one foot in the grave, I have been able to come this day to stand up in the cause of my country, perhaps never again to enter the walls of this house." Stillness prevailed. His voice, at first low and feeble, rose and became... | |
 | Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1885 - 812 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... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - History - 1885 - 556 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." 12. The reverence, the attention, the stillness of the House were here most affecting; had any one... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1895 - 460 pages
...perform my duty, and speak on a subject which is so deeply impressed on my mind. I am old and infirm. I have one foot — more than one foot — in the grave....country — perhaps never again to speak in this house." "The reverence, the attention, the stillness of the House," said an eye-witness, "were here most affecting:... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1899 - 600 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." Most who heard him were softened with pity,... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1901 - 446 pages
...perform my duty, and speak on a subject which is so deeply impressed on my mind. I am old and infirm. I have one foot — more than one foot — in the grave....country — perhaps never again to speak in this house. [«The reverence, the attention, the stillness of the house,'' said an eyewitness. «were here most... | |
 | Walter Rowlands - Orators - 1901 - 644 pages
...perform my duty, and speak on a subject which is so deeply impressed on my mind. I am old and infirm. I have one foot — more than one foot — in the grave....country — perhaps never again to speak in this House." "The reverence, the attention, the stillness of the House," said an eye-witness, "were here most affecting;... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 416 pages
...he had been enabled to come there that day to perform his duty. " I am old," he said, " and infirm ; have one foot, more than one foot, in the grave. I...country, perhaps never again to speak in this House. I have made an effort almost beyond my strength to come here this day, to express my indignation at... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 564 pages
...his duty. "I am old," he said, "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. I have made an effort, almost beyond my strength, to come here this day, to express my indignation... | |
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