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" 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 73
by Orator - 1864
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 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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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 1

1848 - 534 pages
...from this deep and deadly sin. My lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more, but niv feelings and indignation were too strong to have said...have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head upon my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abnorrence of such enormous and preposterous...
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Reading lessons for the higher classes in classical, middle and diocesan schools

William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 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 and indignation were too strong to have allowed me to say less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor even reposed my head upon...
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North American First Class Reader: The Sixth Book of Tower's Series for ...

David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...-lustration, to purify the country from this deep and deadly sin. My lords, I am old and weak, and unable to say more ; but my feelings and indignation were too strong to say leas. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head upon my pillow, without...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham in the Houses of ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1848 - 208 pages
...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 and my indignation were too strong to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, or have...
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The British orator

Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...them perform a lustration, to purify our 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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Selections for Reading and Speaking, for the Higher Classes in Common Schools

Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 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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The Treasury of British Eloquence: Specimens of Brilliant Orations by the ...

Robert Cochrane - 1877 - 560 pages
...a lustration ; let them purify this House, and this country, from this sin. My Lords, I am old and e, like the useful bee, builds a house and gathers...the world with delicacies, and obeys its king, and [The amendment was rejected by a vote of У! to 21] 1713-1768. THE HOUSE OF FEASTING AND THE HOUSE...
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The treasury of British eloquence, compiled by R. Cochrane

Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...purify this House, and this country, from this ein. My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present nnable + [The amendment was rejected by a vote of 97 to 24.] LAUEENCE STEENE. 1713-1768. THE HOUSE OF FEASTING...
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English party leaders and English parties, from Walpole to Peel, Volume 1

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 pages
...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...abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles." In respect to the ties by which the Colonies should be united to the mother country, as in respect...
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