 | William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 542 pages
...such unknown " perils. " My Lords, I have now troubled your lordships too " long ; a great deal longer I should have done, were " it not for the interest of these dear pledges, which a saint " in heaven has left me. I should be loth" — Here his grief deprived him of utterance.... | |
 | Biography - 1808 - 578 pages
...sentence being passed by his peers : — " My lords, I have now troubled your lordships л great deal longer than I should have done. Were it not for the interest of those pledges, which a saint in heaven has left me, I should be loth " — here he pointed to his children,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Orators - 1810 - 544 pages
...lords, such difficulties upon ministers of state, that men of wisdom, of honour, and of fortune, may nut with cheerfulness and safety be employed for the public....have troubled you longer than I should have done, where it not for the interest of those dear pledges a saint in heaven hath left me. [At this word he... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1810 - 556 pages
...honour, and of fortune, may not with cheerfulness and safety be employed for the public. If you weigh-and measure them by grains and scruples, the public affairs...have troubled you longer than I should have done, where it not for the interest of those dear pledges a saint in heaven hath left me. [At this word he... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 464 pages
...listen unmoved to even these concluding words: " My Lords, I have troubled " your Lordships a great deal longer than I should " have done. Were it not for the interest of these " pledges,which a saintin heaven left me, I should be " loath"—" Here," says the historian, "he pointed... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...grains and scruples, the public affairs of the kingdom will lie waste; no man will meddle with them,who hath any thing to lose. My lords, I have troubled...should have done, were it not for the interest of those dear pledges a saint in heaven hath left me. [At this word he stopped awhile, letting fall iome... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 604 pages
...such dreadful, such unknown " perils. " MY lords, I have now troubled your lordships ** a great deal longer than I should have done. ** Were it not for the interest of these pledges, " which a saint in heaven left me, I should be ** loth" — Here he pointed to his children,... | |
 | Artists - 1812 - 424 pages
...sentence being passed by his peers : — " My lords, I have now troubled your lordships a great deal longer than I should have done. Were it not for the interest of ENGLAND.] STRAFFORD. those pledges, which a saint in heaven has left me, I should be loth " — here... | |
 | R. H - Great Britain - 1816 - 890 pages
...dreadful, such unknown perils. " My Lords, I have now troubled your Lordships too long ; a great deal longer than I should have done, were it not for the interest of these dear pledges a saint in heaven has left me. I should be loth" his voice faultered ; he paused ; and letting fall a tear, pointed to... | |
 | James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1816 - 466 pages
...unmoved to even these concluding words : " My Lords, I have troubled " your Lordships a great deal longer than I should " have done. Were it not for the interest of these " pledges, which a saint in heaven left me, I should be " loath"—" Here," says the historian, " he... | |
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What I forfeit myself is nothing ; but that my indiscretion should extend to my posterity, woundeth me to the very soul ! You will pardon my infirmity. Something... 
