 I cannot describe the horror and disgust which I felt at hearing Mr. Perceval call upon the then Ministry for measures of vigour in Ireland. If I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen...  Sydney Smith - Page 36by George William Erskine Russell - 1904 - 242 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1844 - 630 pages
...ago — " if I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret ; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...if the Almighty had blessed me with every earthly comfort, how awfully would I pause before daring to rule my fellows with vigour ! " What was Bull —... | |
 | Christianity - 1855 - 534 pages
...in Ireland. If I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...if the Almighty had blessed me with every earthly comfort, — how awfully would I pause before I sent forth the flame and the sword over the cabins... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 388 pages
...Ireland. If I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret ; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...if the Almighty had blessed me with every earthly comfort, — how awfully would I pause before I sent forth the flame and the sword over the cabins... | |
 | United States - 1844 - 671 pages
...in Ireland. If 1 lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...if the Almighty had blessed me with every earthly comfort, how awfully would I pause before I sent forth the flame and the sword over the cabins of the... | |
 | Literature - 1845 - 670 pages
...Vigour. " If I lived at Hatnpstead upon stewed meats and claret ; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...if the Almighty had blessed me with every earthly comfort, — how awfully would I pause before I sent forth the flame and the sword over the cabins... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1845 - 496 pages
...in Ireland. If I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...pleasingly combed; if the Almighty had blessed me with — how easy it is to persuade ourselves that it is our duty to do so — and that the deeision has... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 522 pages
...Ireland. If I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret ; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...if the Almighty had blessed me with every earthly comfort, — how awfully would I pause before I sent forth the flame and the sword over the cabins... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Essays - 1850 - 736 pages
...in Ireland. If I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...peasants of Ireland! How easy it is to shed human blood—how easy it is to persuade ourselves that it is our duty to do so — and that the decision... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...Ireland. If I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret, — if I walked to church, every Sunday, before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...if the Almighty had blessed me with every earthly comfort, — how awfully would I pause before I sent for the flame and the sword over the cabins of... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...Ireland. If I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and elaret, — if I walked to chureh, every Sunday, before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting,...if the Almighty had blessed me with every earthly comfort, — how awfully would I pause before I sent for the flame and the sword over the cabins of... | |
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