 | Great Britain - 1833 - 600 pages
...none can deny me, — as a man,— I am at this moment as respectable, — I beg leave to add, I am as much respected, — as the proudest peer I now look down upon. He resigned the great seal in 1783, but resumed it soon afterwards, on Mr. Pitt's accession to power.... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - Christian sociology - 1834 - 460 pages
...affront to be considered — as a man, I am at this moment as respectable — I beg leave to add, I am at this time as much respected — as the proudest...out of them, was prodigious. It gave Lord Thurlow an ascendency in the House which no Chancellor had ever possessed : it invested him, in public opinion,... | |
 | Law - 1836 - 526 pages
...considered, — as a man, I am at this moment as respectable, — I beg leave to add, I am at this moment as much respected, as the proudest peer I now look down upon.' ' The effect of this speech,' (adds Mr. Butler, from whom we quote,) ' both within the walls of parliament and out of them, was prodigious.... | |
 | Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...aifront to be considered, — as A MAN, I am at this moment as respectable, — I beg leave to add, — I am at this time as much respected, as the proudest peer I now look down upon. LV. The Union of the Statesman and the Man of Letters* — N. BIDDLE. OF the ancient and modern world,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...character none can deny me—as a MAN, I am at this moment as respectable ; I beg leave to add—I am, at this time, as much respected, as the proudest peer I now look down upon. XXII. EXTRACT ¥ROM THE PLEA OP THOMAS MUIK, ESQ.. AT HIS CELEBRATED TRIAL IN SCOTLAND. Gentlemen of... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...which character none can deny me, as a MAN, I am at this moment as respectable, I beg leave to add, as much respected, as the proudest peer I now look down upon. SPEECH OF PATRICK HENRY. [Mr Henry was an American patriot, and distinguished himself bj his speeches... | |
 | 1839 - 444 pages
...which character none can deny me, as a man—I am at this moment as respectable, I beg leave to add, I am at this time as much respected, as the proudest peer I now look down upon."— Butler's Reminiscences. THE TRIAL BY JURY. THE trial by jury diffuses the most valuable information... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 512 pages
...affront to be considered, — as a man, I am at this moment as respectable, — I beg leave to add, — I am at this time as much respected, as the proudest...now look down upon.' " " The effect of this speech," Mr. Butler adds, " both within the walls of parliament and out of them, •was prodigious. It gave... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1843 - 252 pages
...none can deny me, — as a MAN, — I am at this moment as respectable,— I beg leave to add, — I am at this time as much respected, — as the proudest peer I now look down upon." His Lordship died unmarried, on September 12th, 1806 ; when he was succeeded under the Emitation in... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...an affront to be considered, — as a MAN, I am at this moment as respectable, I beg leave to add, as much respected, as the proudest peer I now look down upon. The duke had, in the " House of Lords," reproached Lord Thurlow "with his plebeian extraction, and his... | |
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Seal, as guardian of his Majesty's conscience, as Lord High Chancellor of England — nay, even in that character alone in which the noble Duke would think it an affront to be considered... 
