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" I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation ; the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct... "
Events to be remembered in the history of England - Page 287
by Charles Selby - 1854
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a compendious view of universal history

charles mayo, l.l.b. - 1804 - 570 pages
...my " lords, join in congratulation on misfortune, and disgrace. This is a " perilous and tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The " smoothness of flattery cannot now avail—cannot save us in this rugged " and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne...
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The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces ...

Caleb Bingham - 1807 - 312 pages
...upon us ; that have broiigL: ruin to our doors. This, my lords, is a perilous ami tremendous moment 1 It is. not a time for adulation The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail ; cannct save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now r, cessary to instruct the throne...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 2

1808 - 546 pages
...lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of lattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...if possible, dispel the delusion and darkness which envelope it ; and display, in its full danger and genuine colors the ruin which is brought to our doors....
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 514 pages
...measures which have heaped disgrace and misfortune upon us. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment ! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail ; cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 380 pages
...misfortune upon us — which have brought ruin to our doors. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail— cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the Throne...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 378 pages
...misfortune upon us— which have brought ruin to our doors. This, my Lords, is a' perilous and tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail— cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the Throne...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 3

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment: it is not a time for adulation; the smoothness of flattery cannot save us hi this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to mstruct the throne in the language of truth....
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - 1814 - 736 pages
...misfortune upon us—- which have brought ruin to our doors. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment ! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail — cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment* It is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of Hattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...possible, '"dispel the delusion and darkness which envelope it ; and display, in its full danger and genuine colours, the ruin which is brought to our...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 21

Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 586 pages
...not join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment — it is not a time for adulation — the...possible, dispel the delusion and darkness, which envelope it ; and display in its full danger and genuine colors the ruin, which is brought to our doors....
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