 | 1848 - 614 страници
...as if he believed it, that on hearing he was gone King George, who was shaving himself, observed, ' Then he has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions,' with the addition — that when Thurlow heard of this gracious saying he muttered, ' I perceive that... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 636 страници
...preceding. When intelligence reached the monarch of the sudden death of his old^friend, he exclaimed, ' Then he has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions.' " Personally, for his convivial and sacred qualities, Loughborough was highly esteemed ; but his judgments... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 742 страници
...certainly died during the night of gout in the stomach, his Majesty was graciously pleased to exclaim, " Then he has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions." f * Letter from Miss Cotes f It is related that when Thurlow was told this remark of the King, he vented... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 страници
...as if he believed it, that on hearing he was gone King George, who was shaving himself, observed, ' Then he has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions,' with the addition — that when Thurlow heard of this gracious saying he muttered, Ч perceive that*... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 страници
...certainly died during the night of gout in the stomach, his Majesty was graciously pleased to exclaim, " Then he has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions."! * Lord Brougham. j- Letter from Miss Cotes, J It is related that when Thurlow was told this remark... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1855 - 420 страници
...Massachusetts, and to New England, and to all America, that the insult was offered through their agent. he could "(1) in the way of titles and riches, as..."then he has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions."(2) The report of the lords, which had been prepared beforehand, was immediately signed;... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1857 - 558 страници
...his praise; no poet embalmed his memory; and his King, hearing that he was certainly dead, said only, "He has not left a greater knave behind him in my...beforehand, was immediately signed; and " they went away, almost ready to throw up their hats for joy, as if by the vehement Philippic against the hoary-headed... | |
 | 1862 - 520 страници
...dead?" And when satisfied that there was no mistake about it, "His majesty felt free to exclaim, ' Then he has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions Г " Lord Campbell : Lives of the Chancellors, quoted vol. iv. p. 251. t Dated April 26, 1801. Vol.... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 874 страници
...earl of Rosslyn in the county of Mid-Lothian. When George III. heard that he was dead, he remarked: "He has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions." Wedderburn published in 1793 a treatise on the management of prisons, and afterward a treatise on the... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 898 страници
...earl of Rosslyn in the county of Mid-Lothian. When George III. heard that he was dead, he remarked: "He has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions." Wedderburn published in 1798 a treatise on the management of prisons, and afterward a treatise on the... | |
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King, hearing that he was certainly dead, said only, " then he has not left a greater knave behind him in my dominions. 
