 | Charles Butler - Church and state - 1821 - 538 pages
...peerage solicited me, — not I the peer" age Nay more, — I can say and will say, that, as a peer of " keeper of the great seal, — as guardian of his majesty's...nay, " even in that character alone, in which the noble duke would " think it an affront to be considered, — but which character, " none can deny me... | |
 | Charles Butler - Autobiography - 1822 - 706 pages
...the peerage solicited me, — not " I the peerage. Nay more, — I can say and " will say, that, as a peer of parliament, — as " speaker of this right...nay, even in that character alone, " in which the noble duke would think it an " an affront to be considered,— but which cha" racter none can deny... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1822 - 572 pages
...the peerage solicited me, — not I the peerage.— Nay more, — I can say and will say, that, as a peer of parliament,— as Speaker of this right...Seal, — as guardian of his Majesty's conscience, —M Lord High Chancellor of England, — nay, even in that character alone, in which the noble Duke... | |
 | Charles Butler - Law - 1824 - 430 pages
...— not I the peerage. Nay more, — " I can say and will say, .that, as a peer of parlia" ment, — as speaker of this right honourable house, " as keeper...nay, even in that character alone, in " which the noble duke would think it an affront •" to be considered, — but which character none can "deny... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 372 pages
...peerage solicited me, — • • not I the peerage. Nay more, — I can say and will say, *• that, as a peer of parliament, — as speaker of this right...chancellor of England, — nay, even in that character •v alone, in which the noble duke would think it an affront " to be considered, — but which character... | |
 | Charles Butler - Authors, English - 1824 - 368 pages
...the peerage solicited me, — " not I the peerage. Nay more, — I can say and will say, " that, as a peer of parliament, — as speaker of this right,...chancellor of England, — nay, even in that character 165 -• alone, in wliich the noble duke would think itan affront •' to be considered, — but which... | |
 | Charles Butler - Law - 1824 - 476 pages
...— not I the peerage. Nay more, — " I can say and will say, that, as a peer of parlir." ment, — as speaker of this right honourable house, " as keeper..." England, — nay, even in that character alone, iu " which the noble duke would thiak it an affront " to be considered, — but which character none... | |
 | Law - 1825 - 318 pages
...that the peerage solicited me, — not I the peerage. Nay more, — I can say, and will say, that as a peer of Parliament, — as speaker of this right...— nay, even in that character alone in which the noble duke would think it an affront to be considered, but which character none can deny me — as... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1825 - 504 pages
...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 —...but 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... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 412 pages
...say that the peerage solicited me,— not I the peerage. Nay more, I can say and will say, that, as a peer of parliament,— as speaker of this right honourable house, as keeper of the great sealf— as guardian of his majesty's conscience, — as lord high chancellor of England, nay, even... | |
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No one venerates the peerage more than I do, — but, my lords, I must say that the peerage solicited me, not I the peerage. Nay more,— I can say and will say, that as a peer of parliament, — as speaker of this right... 
