| George Bancroft - 1866 - 520 pagini
...despair. My lords! I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the 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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1866 - 254 pagini
...: — ' My Lords, I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy ;' soon after which he fell back in a fit, and was carried out of the house, to die thirty-four days... | |
| GEORGE BANCROFT - 1866 - 518 pagini
...despair. My lords! I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the 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 resolutely... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pagini
...he exclaimed, " I rejoice that the grave has not closed opon 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 in this most... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 578 pagini
...America. My Lords, 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 in this most... | |
| Elizabeth Penrose - 1869 - 528 pagini
...duty. " I rejoice," said he, " that the grave has not closed upon me ; that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy." His voice getting stronger as he became more animated, he detailed ai length, while the attention of... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pagini
...terms :] My Lords, I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me ; that I am still alive, to lift up ny, and whoever may partake of their plunder. And if the honorable gentlem I Pressed down as I am by the hand of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country in this most... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 656 pagini
...lords," he said, " I rejoice that the grave has not 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 in this most perilous... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1875 - 392 pagini
...America. My Lords, 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 in this most... | |
| GEORGE BANCROFT. - 1875 - 518 pagini
...despair. My lords ! I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the 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... | |
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