 | Literature, Modern - 1901 - 744 pages
...by Lord Erskine to the American ambassador, Mr. Rush, who had asked him about Burke's delivery : " It was execrable," said he. " I was in the House of...conciliation, the greatest he ever made. He drove everybody away. I wanted to go out with the rest, but was near him and afraid to get up ; so I squeezed... | |
 | Richard Rush - France - 1833 - 446 pages
...All this his lordship told in the best manner. In my form of repeating it, I cannot do him justice. Desiring to hear something of Burke's delivery from...conciliation, the greatest he ever made. He drove everybody away. I wanted to go out with the rest, but was near him and afraid to get up ; so I squeezed... | |
 | Richard Rush - Great Britain - 1833 - 528 pages
...manner, and with the intonations of eloquence. In my form of repeating it, I cannot do him justice. Desiring to hear something of Burke's delivery from...on American conciliation, the greatest he ever made ; but he drove every body away. I wanted to go out with the rest, but was near him, and afraid to get... | |
 | Books - 1833 - 626 pages
...Lord Erskine replied, that it was execrable. •' I •was in the House of Commons," he continued, " when he made his great speech on American conciliation,...with the rest, but was near him and afraid to get up; so I squeezed myself down, and crawled under the benches like a dog, until I got to the door without... | |
 | Richard Rush - Great Britain - 1833 - 484 pages
...Of Commons when he made his great speech on American conciliation, the greatest he ever made ; but he drove every body away. I wanted to go out with the rest, but was near him and afraid to get up ; so / squeezed myself down, and crawled under the benches until I got to the door without his seeing... | |
 | William Charles Townsend - Judges - 1846 - 564 pages
...All this his lordship told in the best manner. In my form of repeating it I cannot do him justice. " Desiring to hear something of Burke's delivery from...the rest, but was near him, and afraid to get up, so I squeezed myself down, and crawled under the benches like a dog, until I got to the door without... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1847 - 742 pages
...All this his Lordship told in the best manner. In my form of repeating it I cannot do him justice. Desiring to hear something of Burke's delivery from...Commons when he made his great speech on American * The Right Hon. T. Erskinc says: " Mr. Rush has spoiled Burke's sarcasm. Upon being conducted by my... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 528 pages
...All this his Lordship told in the best manner. In my form of repeating it I cannot do him justice. Desiring to hear something of Burke's delivery from...the rest ; but was near him, and afraid to get up, so I squeezed myself down and crawled under the benches like a dog, until I got to the door without... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1857 - 448 pages
...All this his Lordship told in the hest manner. In my form of repeating it I cannot do him justice. Desiring to hear something of Burke's delivery from...asked him about it. ' It was execrable,' said he. ' 1 was in the House of Commons when he made his great speech on American conciliation, the greatest... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - English literature - 1904 - 600 pages
...Erskine what he thought of Burke's delivery. "It was execrable," replied that masterly forensic orator. " I was in the House of Commons when he made his great...American Conciliation — the greatest he ever made. I wanted to go out with the rest, but was near him and afraid to get up, so I squeezed myself down... | |
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In my form of repeating it I cannot do him justice. " Desiring to hear something of Burke's delivery from so high a source, I asked him about it. . ' It was execrable, 
