 My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence...  The orator, a treasury of English eloquence - Page 73by Orator - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...them perform a lustration, to purify the country from this deep and deadly sin. My lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more ; but my feelings...less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor even reposed my head upon my pillow, without giving vent to my eternal abhorrence of such enormous... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...them perform a lustration, to purify the country from this deep and deadly sin. My lords, I am old and in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through...thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the w 1 could not have slept this night in my bed, nor even reposed my head upon my pillow, without giving... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...a lustration ; let them purify this house, and this country, from this sin. My lords, 1 am old and weak, and at present unable to say more ; but my feelings and indignation were too strong to have said l«ss. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...them perform a lustration, to purify the country from this deep and deadly sin. My lords, T am old and weak, and at present unable to say more ; but my feelings...less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor even reposed my head upon my pillow, without giving vent to my eternal abhorrence of such enormous... | |
 | 1845 - 554 pages
...perform a lustration; let them purify this house, and this country, from this sin. My lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more ; but my feelings...said less. I could not have slept this night in my oed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my sternal abhorrence of such preposterous... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1845 - 558 pages
...perform a lustration; let them purify this house, and this country, from this sin. My lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more ; but my feelings...said less. I could not have slept this night in my ted, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...cou'ntry/ from this de'ep and de'adly-sin. My lor'ds, I am ol'd and we'ak ; an'd, at present, mmble to say mo're ; but my fee'lings and indign'ation/ were too stro'ng/ to alloV me to say le"ss. I could not have slept this ni'ght/ in my be'd, nor reposed my hea'd upon my... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 pages
...a lustration ; let them purify this house, and this country, from this sin. My lords, 1 am old and weak, and at present unable to say more ; but my feelings...abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles. 46. AMERICA. — Phillips. Search creation round, where can you find a country that presents so sublime... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 448 pages
...perform a lustration to purify their country from this deep and deadly sin. My lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings...giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such enormous and preposterous principles.' It was not, however, in the power of eloquence to alter the... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - 1847 - 184 pages
...them perform a lustration, to purify the country from this deep and deadly sin. My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more ; but my feelings...less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor even reposed my head upon my pillow, without giving vent to my eternal abhorrence of such enormous... | |
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