 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1853 - 972 Seiten
...but splendid administration. He then proceeded in the following terms :] My Lords, I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me; that I am still alive,...sense and memory, I will never consent to deprive the offspring of the royal house of Brunswick, the heirs of the Princess Sophia, of their fairest inherit... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 516 Seiten
...idea that has gone forth of yielding up America. My lords, — I rejoice that the grave has not yet closed upon me, — that I am still alive to lift...the hand of infirmity, I am little able to assist шу country in this most perilous conjuncture ; but, my lords, while I have sense and memory, I will... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 Seiten
...who sat near him), may remember a Scotch invasion."* " My Lords," continued he, " I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me ; that I am still alive...monarchy ! Pressed down as I am by the hand of infirmity, 1 am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture; but, my Lords, while I have... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 518 Seiten
...idea that has gone forth of yielding up America. My lords, — I rejoice that the grave has not yet closed upon me, — that I am still alive to lift...monarchy. Pressed down as I am by the hand of infirmity, 1 am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture ; but, my lords, while I have... | |
 | A barrister of the Inner Temple - 1876 - 640 Seiten
...peace. Raising his voice and speaking with all his old fire he exclaimed — " I rejoice " that the grave has not closed upon me — that I am " still alive to protest against the dismemberment of " this ancient and most noble monarchy." He denounced the imbecility... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1877 - 660 Seiten
...the cause of my country — perhaps never again to speak in this House My Lords, I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me ; that I am still alive...dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy." His voice, at first feeble, rose in vehemence as he proceeded, and he made a most effective speech.... | |
 | William Swinton - 1877 - 134 Seiten
...thinking which has accompanied me to maturcr years." 4. Lord Chatham remarked : " I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me: that I am still alive to lift up my voice against a great wrong." METHOD VII.— By transposition, ie, by varying the order of the component parts of... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1878 - 676 Seiten
...resources to maintain its just rights. Any state is better than despair. My lords, I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive...dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy." The Duke of Richmond answered with respect for the name of Chatham, so dear to Englishmen ; but he... | |
 | Martin Russell Thayer - 1878 - 34 Seiten
...have been able to come to-day to stand up in the cause of my country. My Lords, I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive...dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy." A few moments afterwards he fell backwards in the agonies of death, and was borne by his friends from... | |
 | William Swinton - 1878 - 394 Seiten
...thinking which has aecompanied me to maturer years." 4. Lord Chatham remarked : "I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me: that I am still alive to lift up my voice against a great wrong." METHOD VII.— By transposition, ie, by varying the order of the component parts of... | |
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I rejoice that the grave has not yet closed upon me, — that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy. Pressed down as I am by the hand of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country... 
