 I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment. It is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct...  Reminiscences of Charles Butler ... - Page 146by Charles Butler - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1795 - 496 pages
...disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment ; it is not a time for adulation ; the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged...if possible, dispel the delusion and darkness which envelop it; and display in its full danger, and genuine colors, the ruin which is brought to, our doors.... | |
 | charles mayo, l.l.b. - 1804 - 570 pages
...tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The " smoothness of flattery cannot now avail—cannot save us in this rugged " and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the lan" guage of truth. We must dispel the delusion and the darkness which " envelop it; and display in... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 546 pages
...lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of lattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...envelope it ; and display, in its full danger and genuine colors the ruin which is brought to our doors. Can ministers still presume to expect support in their... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 514 pages
...and tremendous moment ! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail ; cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...instruct the throne in the language of truth. We must dispel the delusion and the darkness which envelop it; and display, in its full danger and true colours,... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 378 pages
...and tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail— cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...instruct the Throne in the language of truth. We must dispel the delusion and the darkness which envelope it; and display, in its full danger and true colours,... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 380 pages
...and tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail— cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...instruct the Throne in the language of truth. We must dispel the delusion and the jdarkness which envelope it; and display, in its full danger and true colours,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...smoothness of flattery cannot save us hi this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to mstruct the throne in the language of truth. We must, if possible, dispel the delusion and darkness which envelop it; and display, in its full danger and genuine colours, the ruin which is brought to our doors.... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1814 - 736 pages
...tremendous moment ! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail — cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...instruct the throne in the language of truth. We must dispel the delusion and the darkness which envelope it ; and display, in its full danger and true colours,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment* It is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of Hattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...envelope it ; and display, in its full danger and genuine colours, the ruin which is brought to our doors. Can ministers still presume to expect support in their... | |
 | Charles Butler - Autobiography - 1822 - 706 pages
...This, my " lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment — it " is not a time for adulation — the smoothness of " flattery cannot save us in this rugged...envelope " it; and display in its full danger and genuine " colours the ruin, which is brought to our doors. " Can ministers still presume to expect support... | |
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