 It is only the public situation which this gentleman holds which entitles me or induces me to say so much about him. He is a fly in amber, nobody cares about the fly : the only question is, How the Devil did it get there?  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 382edited by - 1845Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 476 pages
...he therefore fit for serious parts? . • ... „ .; the resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman...about the fly: the only question is, how the devil did it get there ? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Art - 1832 - 592 pages
...period, alludes to him in the following terms : — " It is only his public situation which entitles or induces me to say so much about him. He is a fly...the fly ; the only question is, how the devil did it get there ? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Biography - 183? - 538 pages
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 | Thomas Smart Hughes - Great Britain - 1836 - 348 pages
...resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation of this gentleman, that intitles me, or induces me, to say so much about him : he is...nobody cares about the fly ; the only question is, how did it get there? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility ; as a burgomaster... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1840 - 212 pages
...period, alludes to him ID the following terms : — " It is only his public situation which entitles or induces me to say so much about him. He is a fly...about the fly; the only question is, how the devil did it get there? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...organs.— Walker. Ludicrous Comparison. — The Rev. Sydney Smith compared Mr. Canning in office to a fly in amber : " nobody cares about the fly; the only question is, how the devil did it get there ? Nor do 1 attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 388 pages
...potatoes as console me for the miseries of Ireland by the resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman...the fly : the only question is, How the devil did it get there? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1845 - 496 pages
...potatoes as console me tor the miseries of Ireland by the resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman...the fly : the only question is, How the Devil did it get there ? Nor do I attack him for the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - Great Britain - 1846 - 500 pages
...resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation of this gentleman, that intitles me, or induces me, to say so much about him : he is...nobody cares about the fly; the only question is, how did he get there? nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility ; as a burgomaster... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - Anecdotes - 1848 - 292 pages
...tedious." LUDICROUS ESTIMATE OF MR. CANNING. THE Rev. Sydney Smith compares Mr. Canning in office to a fly in amber : " nobody cares about the fly : the only question is, how the devil did it get there ?" " Nor do I," continues Smith, " attack him for the love of glory, but from the love... | |
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