 | 1881 - 980 pages
...insubordination, at last nerved the minister to write the following note to his untamable colleague: " SIB, — His Majesty has thought proper to order a new Commission...of the Treasury to be made out, in which I do not see your name." So twice in as many years Fox was in and out of office, and before he had reached what... | |
 | 1881 - 976 pages
...at last nerved the minister to write the following note to his untamable colleague: "Pin, — Ilia Majesty has thought proper to order a new Commission...of the Treasury to be made out, in which I do not see your name." So twice in as many years Fox was in and out of office, and before he had reached what... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...generally, he was dismissed in 1774 by the following laconic letter from the head of the Government : " Sir, — His Majesty has thought proper to order a...commission of the Treasury to be made out, in which 1 do not perceive your name. — NOBTH." Nine years after this, he and North jointly formed the celebrated... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - Anecdotes - 1882 - 638 pages
...American independence; secretary of state in the Coalition from March to Decemher, 1783; died 1792.] Sir, his Majesty has thought proper to order a new...of the treasury to be made out, in which I do not see your name. In a note dismissing Fox from the commission of the treasury, 1773. When taunted by... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1882 - 826 pages
...outburst of royal wrath was speedily followed by a laconic note from Lord North to Fox, saying : " His majesty has thought proper to order a new Commission...of the Treasury to be made out, in which I do not see your name ! " This politely worded insult deeply wounded the self-respect of the young orator.... | |
 | 1883 - 666 pages
...to him by one of the door-keepers of the House as he sat in his place on the Treasury Bench :— " His Majesty has thought proper to order a new commission of the Treasury to bo made, in which I do not perceive your name." For a while after his dismissal Fox gave a general... | |
 | Henry Offley Wakeman - Great Britain - 1890 - 248 pages
...North, and on the 24th of February his dismissal was notified to Fox in the following laconic terms: " His Majesty has thought proper to order a new Commission...of the Treasury to be made out, in which I do not see your name." In four years and a quarter of parliamentary life Fox had been twice in and twice out... | |
 | Winston Churchill - Maryland - 1899 - 876 pages
...to screw up his courage, h — s M — j — sty pricking him every day. And then he wrote this : ' Sir, his Majesty has thought proper to order a new...of the Treasury to be made out, in which I do not see your name.' Poor Charles ! He is now without money or place, but as usual appears to worry least... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - Great Britain - 1899 - 500 pages
...good-nature and his indolenee. At last he nerved himself to write a letter whieh was said to run thus: "Sir, — His Majesty has thought proper to order...new Commission of the Treasury to be made out, in whieh I do not see your name." A similar story is told about a very reeent sueeessor of Lord North,... | |
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SIR, — His Majesty has thought proper to order a new commission of the Treasury to be made out, in which I do not perceive your name. 
