 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 pages
...give my opinion on the bill now pending, without having any personal or individual interest at stake, am so confounded, that I am unable to express the...and under apprehensions of being deprived of it?" The readiness and felicity of this turn of thought are such as almost to create a suspicion that the... | |
 | Arthur Hill-Trevor Dungannon (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1836 - 540 pages
...proceed, he thus ad282 PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT. dressed the Speaker: " If I, Sir, who rise only to give my opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded...life, and under apprehensions of being deprived of it ?" This sudden turn of wit was supposed to have contributed to the success of the bill. The many protections... | |
 | William Wills - Evidence (Law) - 1838 - 332 pages
...did in the following terms: " If I, Sir, (addressing himself to the Speaker,) who rise only to give my opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded...any assistance is pleading for his life, and under apprehension of being deprived of it* ! " * Biographia Britannica (CoopEU, ANTHONY ASHLBT). The object... | |
 | Law - 1838 - 534 pages
...proceeded to this effect . — " If I, Sir," addressing himsell to the speaker, " who rise only to give iny opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded...express the least of what I proposed to say, what must be the condition of that man, who, wiihont uny assistance, is pleading for his life, and is in apprehension... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 596 pages
...did in the following terms. 'If I, sir,' addressing himself to the Speaker, 'who rise only to give my opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least of what 1 proposed to say, what must the condition of that man be, who without any assistance is pleading for... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - Biography - 1848 - 532 pages
...when, with admirable ingenuity, he thus addressed the speaker : " If I, sir, who rise only to give my opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded,...life, and under apprehensions of being deprived of it ! " His health, however, suffered so much by his attendance on his parliamentary duties, that on the... | |
 | Edward Foss - Courts - 1864 - 438 pages
...members encouraging him, he addressed the speaker in these words : " If I, sir, who rise only to give my opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded...and under apprehensions of being deprived of it." ' LORD CHANCELLOR, KEEPERS, AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE GREAT SEAL. SIR JOHN MATNARD, one of the late... | |
 | New general biographical dictionary - 1848 - 532 pages
...when, with admirable ingenuity, he thus addressed the speaker : " If I, sir, who rise only to give my opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded,...that man be, who, without any assistance, is pleading coo coo for his Ufe, and under apprehensions of being deprived of it ! " His health, however, suffered... | |
 | William Forsyth - Law - 1849 - 538 pages
...arguments in favour of the bill. " If, sir," said he, addressing the speaker, " I, who rise only to give my opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded...any assistance, is pleading for his life, and under apprehension of being deprived of it? " 1 The act was appointed to take effect from the 25th of March,... | |
 | William Forsyth - Law - 1849 - 528 pages
...arguments in favour of the bill. " If, sir," said he, addressing the speaker, " I, who rise only to give my opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded...any assistance, is pleading for his life, and under apprehension of being deprived of it ? " 1 The act was appointed to take effect from the 25th of March,... | |
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Sir (addressing himself to the Speaker), I, who rise only to give my opinion on the Bill now depending, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least of what I proposed to say, what must the condition of that man be, who, without any assistance,... 
