 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee - 1869 - 780 pages
...were bringing on the country, by these affecting' words : — " We have offered you our measure — you will reject it ; we deprecate yours — you will persevere ; having no hopes left to persuade or to dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and after this day shall... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - British - 1874 - 546 pages
...our measure,' he said. ' You will reject it. We deprecate yours. You will persevere. Having no hope left to persuade or dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and from this day we shall not attend the House of Commons.' * As the echo of the words died away the House... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - British - 1874 - 556 pages
...achievement to have committed the destinies of his country. " We have offered you our measure," he said. " You will reject it. We deprecate yours. You will persevere. Having no hope left to persuade or dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and... | |
 | James Wills - Ireland - 1876 - 750 pages
...has no effect on ministers, surely I can suggest nothing that will. We have offered you our measure, you will reject it ; we deprecate yours, you will persevere ; having no hopes left to persuade or to dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and after this day shall... | |
 | sir William Ellis Hume- Williams (1st bart.) - 1879 - 136 pages
...He concluded what he no doubt meant to be a valedictory address : " We have offered you our measure, you will reject it ; we deprecate yours, you will...duty, we shall trouble you no more, and after this day shall not attend the House of Commons,"— (May 15th, 1797). This famous debate practically concluded... | |
 | bart William Ellis Hume-Williams - 1879 - 134 pages
...concluded what he no doubt meant to be a valedictory address ; " We have offered you our measure, yon will reject it ; we deprecate yours, you will persevere...duty, we shall trouble you no more, and after this day shall not attend the House of Commons."— (May 15th, 1797), 85 V - This famous debate practically... | |
 | Charles George Walpole - Ireland - 1882 - 668 pages
...followed his example. "We have offered you our measure," the great leader had said during the debate. "You will reject it. We deprecate yours. You will persevere. Having no hope left to persuade or dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more ; and... | |
 | English literature - 1887 - 958 pages
...no effect on ministers, surely I can suggest nothing that will. We have offered you our measure — you will reject it; we deprecate yours — you will...discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and, AFTEB THIS DAY, SHALL NOT ATTEND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS I — DebaU», VoL XVII., pp. 5G9-70. The question... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1890 - 488 pages
...the ultimate consequence of such a victory ? a separation ! . . . We have offered you our measure, you will reject it ; we deprecate yours ; you will...duty, we shall trouble you no more, and after this day shall not attend the House of Commons ' (ib. iii. 342343). The resolutions were rejected by 117 to... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Great Britain - 1890 - 522 pages
...suggest nothing that will. We have offered you our measure. You will reject it. We deprecate yours; yon will persevere. Having no hopes left to persuade or...duty, we shall trouble you no more, and after this day shall not attend the House of Commons.' The House was deaf to this appeal ; the adjournment was carried... | |
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We have offered you our measure — you will reject it ; we deprecate yours— you will persevere. Having no hopes left to persuade or dissuade, and having discharged our duty, we shall trouble you no more, and, AFTER THIS DAY, SHALL NOT ATTEND THE HOUSE... 
