to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country. Orators of England - Page 144edited by - 1900Full view - About this book
| Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...that God and nиlиre put into our hands 1 "] I am astonished (exclaimed Lord Chatham, as he rose), this mercenary aid on which you rely, for it irritates,...incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies, upon your attention, but I cannot repress my indignation. I feel myself impelled by every duty. My... | |
| Robert Cochrane - Orators - 1877 - 560 pages
...means that God and nature put into our hands!"} I am astonished (exclaimed Lord Chatham, as he rose), er fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends...tells me is wrong upon this occasion, to gain the 1 did not intend to have encroached again upon your attention, but I cannot repress my indignation.... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 518 pages
...Chatham one of his finest outbursts. Rising hastily, and leaning on his crutch, he exclaimed : — " I am astonished ! shocked ! to hear such principles...! " My Lords, I did not intend to have encroached * It was asserted that Chatham himself had formerly sanctioned their engagement as auxiliaries ; but... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1878 - 516 pages
...Chatham one of his finest outbursts. Rising hastily, and leaning on his crutch, he exclaimed : — " I am astonished ! shocked ! to hear such principles...! " My Lords, I did not intend to have encroached * It was asserted that Chatham himself had formerly sanctioned their engagement as auxiliaries; but... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1878 - 400 pages
...to think what I have done; Look on't again I dare not." Strong aspiration and ' abrupt stress? 6. " I am astonished, shocked, to hear such principles...equally unconstitutional, inhuman, and unchristian !" 5 ' Hold' and ' impassioned' examples for very ' abrupt stress ' and '•axjrirated quality" 1 o1l,... | |
| James De Mille - English language - 1878 - 618 pages
...passage in which Lord Chatham denounces the Earl of Suffolk is a well-known example. It begins : " I am astonished — shocked — to hear such principles...equally unconstitutional, inhuman, and unchristian." \ Vehemence is also essential in all cases of menace. Sometimes the menace is implied, as when Curran,... | |
| Albert Newton Raub - Readers - 1878 - 444 pages
...Suffolk, " to use all the means which God and Nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this House, or in this country ! 7. My lords, I did not intend to encroach so much upon your attention, but I cannot repress my indignation.... | |
| London readers - 1878 - 344 pages
...Suffolk, "to use all the means which God and Nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed — to hear them avowed in this house or in this country ! My lords, I did not intend to encroach so much on your attention, but I cannot repress my indignation... | |
| William Mathews - Orators - 1878 - 464 pages
...It was unjust, groundless, illiberal, unmanly," occur again and again. — " I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this House and in this country." — " The country was sold at the late peace; it was sold by the Court of Turin... | |
| Alexander Charles Ewald - Statesmen - 1879 - 418 pages
...hear such principles confessed—to hear them avowed in this House or in this country—principles equally unconstitutional, inhuman, and un-Christian!...again upon your attention ; but I cannot repress my indignation—I feel myself impelled by every duty. My lords, we are called upon as members of this... | |
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