 | Francis Jacox - 1877 - 512 страници
...Chatham's speeches may remember his addiction to such emphasis of assertion as " I pledge myself for it," " I stake my reputation on it," " I will consent to be taken for an idiot if" it be not so, etc. But Pitt was no Polonius, at any period of his career (nisi prius, p. 320). Scott's... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1878 - 482 страници
...down all by his intensity, by reiterating blow upon blow as on an anvil : ' 1 say we must necessarily undo these violent, oppressive Acts. They must be repealed. You will repeal them. I pledge myself for it that you will in the end repeal them. I stake my reputation on it. I will consent... | |
 | William Mathews - 1878 - 464 страници
...all by his intensity, by reiterating blow upon blow, as upon an anvil. " I say we must necessarily undo these violent, oppressive acts. They must be repealed. You will repeal them. I pledge myself for it that you will in the end repeal them. I stake my reputation on it. I will consent... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1878 - 518 страници
...forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed — you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: — I will... | |
 | Martin Russell Thayer - 1878 - 34 страници
...forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent, oppressive Acts ; they must be repealed — you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it. I will consent... | |
 | John Stevens C. Abbott - 1879 - 418 страници
...must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts. You will repeal them. I pledge myself for it. I stake my reputation on it. I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed." Franklin writes, " All availed no more than the whistling of the wind. The motion... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 страници
...Boston Ports and Massachusetts Bay Bills), ' and you WILL repeal them. I pledge myself for it, that you will repeal them. I stake my reputation on it....will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.' Every one knows how true this prophecy proved. The concluding sentence of the speech... | |
 | 1880 - 698 страници
.... — they must be repealed — you will repeal them • I pledge myself for it you will in the end repeal them, I stake my reputation on it I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed Avoid then this humiliating, disgraceful necessity.— With a dignity becoming your... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1880 - 552 страници
...forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts; they must be repealed — you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 страници
...Boston Ports and Massachusetts Bay Bills), ' and you WILL repeal them. I pledge myself for it, that yon will repeal them. I stake my reputation on it. I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.' Every one knows hew true this prophecy proved. The concluding sentence of the speech... | |
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We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal... 
