 | English literature - 1844 - 742 pages
...parliamentary committee. I was not long in it before I began to wish for a hole to creep out at ! 1 could not find words to satisfy either the committee...cross-examination of eight or ten barristers, purposely, as tar as possible, to bewilder me. Some member of the committee asked if I was" a foreigner, and another... | |
 | Meteorology - 1844 - 950 pages
...parliamentary committee. I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish for a hole to creep out at. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee, or myself. Some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad ; tut I put up with every... | |
 | 1848 - 640 pages
...parliamentary committee. I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish for a hole to creep out at. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1845 - 472 pages
...parliamentary committee. I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish for a hole to creep out at. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I pat up with every... | |
 | 1845 - 854 pages
...parliamentary committee. I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish for a hole to creep out at. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every... | |
 | 1844 - 174 pages
...I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish for a hole to creep out at. (Laughter.) I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. (Laughter.) But I put up... | |
 | 1845 - 558 pages
...place myself in the most unpleasant of all positions — the witness-box of a parliamentary committee. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and anotUlr hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - Education - 1845 - 376 pages
...place myself in that most unpleasant of all positions — the witness-box of a Parliamentary committee. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one enquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - Education - 1845 - 378 pages
...place myself in that most unpleasant of all positions — the witness-box of a Parliamentary committee. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one enquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every... | |
 | 1845 - 472 pages
...parliamentary committee. I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish for a hole to creep out at. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one inquired if I were a foreigner, and another hinted that I was mad. But I put up with every... | |
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... easy task for me to keep the engine down to ten miles an hour, but it must be done, and I did my best. I had to place myself in that most unpleasant of all positions — the witness-box of a Parliamentary Committee. I was not long in it... 
