 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1901 - 498 pages
...sitting down. " If, sir," said he, " I, who now rise only to give my opinion on the bill now pending, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least...without any assistance, is pleading for his life and is apprehensive of being deprived of it ? " The elaborate speech which Lord Ashley had probably prepared... | |
 | James George Cotton Minchin - Endowed public schools (Great Britain) - 1901 - 486 pages
...indicted for treason, he made this striking close to his speech: " If I, sir, who rise only to speak my opinion on the Bill now depending, am so confounded...to say, what must the condition of that man be, who is pleading for his life without any assistance and under apprehensions of being deprived of it?" His... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 886 pages
...sitting down: "If, sir," said he, "I, who now rise only to give my opinion on the bill now pending, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least of what I proposed to say, what must be the condition of that man be, who, without any assistance, is pleading for his life and is apprehensive... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - Humanism - 1907 - 416 pages
...at a loss for words, he had yet presence of mind enough to say : " If I, sir, who rise only to speak my opinion on the Bill now depending, am so confounded...what I proposed to say, what must the condition of the man be who is pleading for his life without any assistance, and under apprehensions of being deprived... | |
 | Harry Graham - Representative government and representation - 1910 - 416 pages
...rising to his feet, that he could not proceed. Wittily recovering himself, " If I, who rise only to give my opinion on the Bill now depending, am so confounded...unable to express the least of what I proposed to say," he observed, " what must be the condition of that man who without any assistance is pleading for his... | |
 | 1893 - 640 pages
...recovered himself sufficiently to go on, and then spoke as follows : — ' 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 ? ' The House, convinced by Lord Ashley's manner that the speech was not one of those ' House of Commons... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - Bar associations - 1906 - 292 pages
...rise only to give my opinion on a bill now pending, in the fate of which I have no personal interest, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least of what I proposed to say, what must be the condition of the man who, without any assistance, is called on to plead for his life, for his... | |
 | Maeva Marcus, James R. Perry - History - 1985 - 652 pages
...this manner: "If I, Sir — addressing himself to the Speaker — "If I, Sir, who rise only to give my opinion on the bill now depending, am so confounded,...be, who, without any assistance, is pleading for his w life? What must his condition be? Unacquainted with the nature and with the forms of the whole proceedings... | |
 | Timothy Dykstal - Drama - 2001 - 242 pages
...called loudly for him to go on, when he proceeded to this effect:—"If I, sir, who rise only to speak my opinion on the Bill now depending, am so confounded that I am unable to express the least of what I pro posed to say, what must the condition of that man be who is pleading for his life without any assistance... | |
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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,... 
