 | 1832 - 636 pages
...public opinion and feeling. "I rejoice," exclaimed the once terrible mouth, " that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive, to lift up...dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy." One cause of the political decline, whilst in the full vigour of his powerful mind, was, that Chatham... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1834 - 414 pages
...that he had been enabled once more to perform his duty. " I rejoice," said he, "that the grave has not closed upon me : that I am still alive to lift up...dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy." His voice getting stronger as he became more animated, he detailed at length, while the attention of... | |
 | Samuel Farmer Wilson - 1834 - 386 pages
...to fervent sentiments in behalf of the honor and glory of his own country. " My lords," said he, " I rejoice that the grave has not yet closed upon me...that I am still alive to lift up my voice against an acknowledgment of the sovereignty of America, against the dismemberment of this ancient and noble... | |
 | William Shepherd - 1834 - 298 pages
...Lord Chatham and what did he say? ble orator, ' I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, and that I am still alive to lift up my voice against...dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy.' He then proceeded, in the most energetic terms, to urge his auditors to the most vigorous efforts against... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...be said that he " died upon the stage." " Were these to be my last words," he exclaimed, " I would lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy." They were his last words — and uttered in vain I Demosthenes is here introduced with great propriety,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 510 pages
...My lords, — I rejoice that the grave has not yet closed upon me, — that I am still alive to lilt up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient...monarchy. Pressed down as I am by the hand of infirmity, 1 am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture ; but, my lords, while I have... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - 1836 - 510 pages
...denounce both its spirit and its object. " I rejoice," said he, " that the grave has not closed upon mo, that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and noble monarchy. Pressed down as I am by a load of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country... | |
 | John Frost - 1838 - 404 pages
...venerable orator, ' I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, and that I am still alive to lift my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy.' He then proceeded in the most energetic manner to urge his auditors to prompt and vigorous efforts... | |
 | William Russell - 1839 - 696 pages
...address their lordships in the following striking language : — " I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive to lift up my...voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and noble monarchy. Pressed down as I am by the load of infirmity, 1 am little able to assist my country... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1839 - 562 pages
...and so it proved." " My lords," said he in conclusion, " I rejoice that the grave has not closed on me, that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and noble monarchy. Pressed down as I am by a load of infirmities, I am little able to serve my country... | |
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I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me ; that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy. 
