 You will see by this day's paper that I was tempted by some evil spirit to make a fool of myself for the entertainment of the House last night; however, I thought it was a good opportunity of breaking the ice, although one should flounder a little in...  Lord Palmerston - Page 16by Anthony Trollope - 1882 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Henry L.E. Bulwer (baron Dalling and Bulwer.) - 1870 - 632 pages
...modestly to his sister : — To the Hon. Miss E. Temple. " Admiralty, Feb. 4, 1808. " MY DEAR ELIZABETH, " You will see by this day's paper that I was tempted...little in doing so, as it was impossible to talk any very egregious nonsense upon so good a canse. Canning's speech was one of the most brilliant and convincing... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - Great Britain - 1871 - 402 pages
...ELIZABETH, — "You will see by this day's paper that I was tempted * Father of the present Lord Houghton. by some evil spirit to make a fool of myself for the...little in doing so, as it was impossible to talk any very egregious nonsense upon so good a cause. Canning's speech was one of the most brilliant and convincing... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - Great Britain - 1871 - 396 pages
...ELIZABETH, — "You will see by this day's paper that I was tempted * Father of the present Lord Houghton. by some evil spirit to make a fool of myself for the...little in doing so, as it was impossible to talk any very egregious nonsense upon so good a cause. Canning's speech was one of the most brilliant and convincing... | |
 | Anthony Evelyn M. Ashley (hon.) - 1879 - 516 pages
...advocated. He thus writes modestly to his sister : — Admiralty : Feb. 4, 1 808. My dear Elizabeth, — You will see by this day's paper that I was tempted...little in doing so, as it was impossible to talk any very egregious nonsense upon so good a cause. Canning's speech was one of the most brilliant and convincing... | |
 | John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll - Prime ministers - 1892 - 264 pages
...considerably from that given by the hearers : — Admiralty : Feb. 4, 1808. ' My dear Elizabeth, — You will see by this day's paper that I was tempted...little in doing so, as it was impossible to talk any very egregious nonsense upon so good a cause. Canning's speech was one of the most brilliant and convincing... | |
 | John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll - 1892 - 264 pages
...considerably from that given by the hearers : — Admiralty: Feb. 4, 1808. ' My dear Elizabeth, — You will see by this day's paper that I was tempted by some evil spirit to make a fool ot myself for the entertainment of the House last night ; however, I thought it was a good opportunity... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1897 - 1170 pages
...feelings on the momentous occasion. " You will see by this day's paper," he wrote to his sister, " that I was tempted by some evil spirit to make a fool...little in doing so, as it was impossible to talk any very egregious nonsense upon so good a cause." And he told his brother, " I certainly felt glad when... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1901 - 498 pages
...addresses. Writing to his sister the next day in an unwarranted mood of self-depreciation, he said : " You will see by this day's paper that I was tempted...little in doing so, as it was impossible to talk any very egregious nonsense upon so good a case." On February 6th he wrote again to his sister : " Many... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 886 pages
...addresses. Writing to his sister the next day in an unwarranted mood of selfdepreciation, he said: "You will see by this day's paper that I was tempted...little in doing so, as it was impossible to talk any very egregious nonsense upon so good a case." On February 6th he wrote again to his sister: "Many thanks... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - Theology - 1871 - 552 pages
...Elizabeth, who afterwards married Admiral Sir William Bowles : — " Admiralty, Feb. 4, 1808. " Yon will see by this day's paper that I was tempted by...ice, although one should flounder a little in doing BO> as it was impossible to talk any very egregious nonsense upon so good a cause." And in a letter... | |
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