 | William Russell - 1802 - 542 páginas
...such unknown " perils. " My Lords, I have now troubled your lordships too " long ; a great deal longer I should have done, were " it not for the interest of these dear pledges, which a saint " in heaven has left me. I should be loth" — Here his grief deprived him of utterance. He let fall a tear, pointed... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1807 - 784 páginas
...waste ; no man will meddle with them, who hath any thing to lose. — My lords, I have troubled you longer than I should have done, were it not for the interest of tbott dear pledges a saint in Heaven hath left me." — At this word he stopped a while, letting fall... | |
 | 1808 - 578 páginas
...previous to the sentence being passed by his peers : — " My lords, I have now troubled your lordships л great deal longer than I should have done. Were it not for the interest of those pledges, which a saint in heaven has left me, I should be loth " — here he pointed to his children,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1810 - 464 páginas
...restraints of justice, and which could listen unmoved to even these concluding words: " My Lords, I have troubled " your Lordships a great deal longer than..." have done. Were it not for the interest of these " pledges,which a saintin heaven left me, I should be " loath"—" Here," says the historian, "he pointed... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 604 páginas
...any honour or fortune to lose, will " ever engage himself in such dreadful, such unknown " perils. " MY lords, I have now troubled your lordships ** a...have done. ** Were it not for the interest of these pledges, " which a saint in heaven left me, I should be ** loth" — Here he pointed to his children,... | |
 | 1812 - 424 páginas
...pathetically concluded a long and able speech, previous to the sentence being passed by his peers : — " My lords, I have now troubled your lordships a great...should have done. Were it not for the interest of ENGLAND.] STRAFFORD. those pledges, which a saint in heaven has left me, I should be loth " — here... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 páginas
...will lie waste; no man will meddle with them,who hath any thing to lose. My lords, I have troubled you longer than I should have done, were it not for the interest of those dear pledges a saint in heaven hath left me. [At this word he stopped awhile, letting fall iome... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 páginas
...has any honour or fortune to lose, will ever engage himself in such dreadful, such unknown perils.* " My Lords, I have now troubled your Lordships a great...should have done. Were it not for the interest of these pledges, which a saint in heaven left me, I should be loth" — —Here he pointed to his children,... | |
 | James Ridgway - 1816 - 466 páginas
...restraints of justice, and which could listen unmoved to even these concluding words : " My Lords, I have troubled " your Lordships a great deal longer than..." have done. Were it not for the interest of these " pledges, which a saint in heaven left me, I should be " loath"—" Here," says the historian, " he... | |
 | R. H - 1816 - 890 páginas
...himself in such dreadful, such unknown perils. " My Lords, I have now troubled your Lordships too long ; a great deal longer than I should have done, were it not for the interest of these dear pledges a saint in heaven has left me. I should be loth" his voice faultered ; he paused ; and letting fall... | |
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What I forfeit myself is nothing, but that my indiscretion should extend to my posterity woundeth me to the very soul. You will pardon my infirmity, something I should have added... 
