 | Literature - 1836 - 332 pages
...or a parasite, my answer would be a blow. He "-is charged me with being connected with the Ifebels : the charge is utterly, totally, and Meanly false....scorn to answer any man for my conduct, whether he is a political coxcomb, or whether he brought himself into power by a false glare of courage or not.... | |
 | 1836 - 740 pages
...with being connected with the rehels. The charge is utterly, totally, meanly false. Does the honorable gentleman rely on the report of the House of Lords...he does, I can prove to the committee there was a pbysical impossihility of that report being true. But I scorn to answer any man for my conduct, whether... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...being connected with the rebels. The charge is utterly, totally, and meanly false. Does the honorable gentleman rely on the report of the house of lords...scorn to answer any man for my conduct, whether he be apolitical coxcomb, or whether he brought himself into power by a false glare of courage or not. his... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 334 pages
...his arm to strike, but has not courage to give the blow. I will not call him villain, because it will be unparliamentary, and he is a privy counsellor....scorn to answer any man for my conduct, whether he is a political coxcomb, or whether lie brought himself into power by a false glare of courage or not.... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Orators - 1853 - 972 pages
...being connected with the rebels. The charge is utterly, totally, and meanly false. Does the honorable gentleman rely on the report of the House of Lords for the foundation of his assertion ? If he docs, I can prove to the committee there was a physical impossibility of that report being true ; but... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...being connected with the rebels. The charge is utterly, totally, and meanly false ! Does the honorable gentleman rely on the report of the House of Lords...committee there was a physical impossibility of that report's being true. But I scorn to answer any man for my conduct, whether he be a political coxcomb,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...being connected with the rebels. The charge is utterly, totally, and meanly false ! Does the honorable gentleman rely on the report of the House of Lords...of his assertion ? If he does, I can prove to the uommittee there was a physical impossibility of that report being true. But I scorn to answer any man... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 pages
...contemptible his speech ; whether a privy counsellor or a parasite, my answer would be a blow. honorable gentleman rely on the report of the House of Lords...any man for my conduct, whether he be a political co \\iomb, or whether he brought himself into power by a false gWe of courage or not. I have returned,... | |
 | Henry Grattan - 1868 - 476 pages
...the rebels : the charge is utterly, totally, and meanly false. Does the honourable gentleman rely ou the report of the House of Lords for the foundation of his nssertion ? If he does, I can prove to the committee there was a physical impossibility of that report... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...being connected with the rebels. The charge is utterly, totally, and meanly false ! Does the honorable gentleman rely on the report of the House of Lords...I scorn to answer any man for my conduct, whether ho be a political coxcomb, or whether he brought himself into power by a false glare of courage or... | |
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I care not how high his situation, how low his character, how contemptible his speech; whether a privy councilor or a parasite, my answer would be a blow. He has charged me with being connected with the rebels. The charge is utterly, totally, and meanly... 
