 | Edmund Burke - History - 1849 - 1012 pages
...went to Parliament, I talked of going at a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I would put a cross on the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep...down to ten miles an hour ; but it must be done, and 1 did my best. I had to place myself in the most unpleasant of all positions — the witness-box of... | |
 | 1848 - 640 pages
...a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I should pin a cross on the concern. It was not an easy lask for me to keep the engine down to ten miles an hour,...of a parliamentary committee. I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish for a hole to creep out at. I could not find words to satisfy... | |
 | Meteorology - 1844 - 950 pages
...went to Parliament, I talked of going at a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I would put a cross on the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep...myself in that most unpleasant of all positions — the witness box of a parliamentary committee. I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 742 pages
...to Parliament, 1 talked of going at a greater rate than ten wiles an hour, 1 should put a cross upon the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep...down to ten miles an hour, but it must be done, and 1 did my best. I had to place myself in that most unpleasant of all positions— the witness-box of... | |
 | Literature - 1848 - 634 pages
...to parliament, I talked of going at a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I should put a cross on the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep...the engine down to ten miles an hour, but it must he done, and I did my best. I had to place myself in that most unpleasant of all positions — the... | |
 | 1845 - 854 pages
...went to parliament, I talked of going at a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I would put a cross on the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep...of a parliamentary committee. I was not long in it, I assure you, before I began to wish for a hole to creep out at. I could not find words to satisfy... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - Education - 1845 - 376 pages
...went to Parliament, I talked of going at a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I would put a cross on the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep...— the witness-box of a Parliamentary committee. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one enquired if I were a foreigner,... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - Education - 1845 - 378 pages
...went to Parliament, I talked of going at a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I would put a cross on the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep...— the witness-box of a Parliamentary committee. I could not find words to satisfy either the committee or myself. Some one enquired if I were a foreigner,... | |
 | 1845 - 558 pages
...went to parliament, I talked of gojng at a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I would put a cross on the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep...done, and I did my best. I had to place myself in the most unpleasant of all positions — the witness-box of a parliamentary committee. I could not... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1845 - 862 pages
...went to parliament, I talked of going at a greater rate than ten miles an hour, I would put a cross on the concern. It was not an easy task for me to keep...be done, and I did my best. I had to place myself iu that most unpleasant of all positions — the witness-box of a parliamentary committee. I was not... | |
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It was not an easy task for me to keep the engine down to ten miles an hour ; but it must be done, and I did my best. I had to place myself in that most unpleasant of all positions — the witness-box of a parliamentary committee. 
