 Having risen and caught the speaker's eye, I brought out two or three sentences, when a mist seemed to rise before my eyes ; I then lost my recollection, and could see nothing but the speaker's wig, which swelled, and swelled, and swelled, till it covered...  The Marlburian - Pagina 23door Marlborough coll - 1879Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave - 1878 - 160 pagina’s
...described his sensations : " Having risen and caught the Speaker's eye, I brought out," he said, " two or three sentences, when a mist seemed to rise...covered the whole House ! I then sank back on my seat." And the outside look of an ancient member in this affliction is thus recorded ; according to that authentic... | |
 | Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave - 1878 - 160 pagina’s
...described his sensations : " Having risen and caught the Speaker's eye, I brought out," he said, " two or three sentences, when a mist seemed to rise...covered the whole House ! I then sank back on my seat." And the outside look of an ancient member in this affliction is thus recorded; according to that authentic... | |
 | Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave - 1878 - 148 pagina’s
...described his sensations : " Having risen and caught the Speaker's eye, I brought out," he said, " two or three sentences, when a mist seemed to rise...covered the whole House ! I then sank back on my seat." And the outside look of an ancient member in this affliction is thus recorded; according to that authentic... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 pagina’s
...Parliament, and it was not unnatural when I rose that my family name should at once fix every eye upon me. I brought out two or three sentences, when a mist...covered the whole House. I then sank back on my seat, and never attempted another speech, but quickly accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, assured that Parliament... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 pagina’s
...Parliament, and it was not unnatural when I rose that my family name should at once fix every eye upon me. I brought out two or three sentences, when a mist...covered the whole House. I then sank back on my seat, and never attempted another speech, but quickly accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, assured that Parliament... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Walter Morris - 1901 - 528 pagina’s
...said, “and it was not unnatural when I rose that my family name should at once fix every eye upon me. I brought out two or three sentences, when a mist...covered the whole House. I then sank back on my seat and never attempted another speech, but quickly accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, assured that Parliament... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1901 - 498 pagina’s
...said, "and it was not unnatural when I rose that my family name should at once fix every eye upon me. I brought out two or three sentences, when a mist...covered the whole House. I then sank back on my seat and never attempted another speech, but quickly accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, assured that Parliament... | |
 | Daniel Chamier - 1925 - 144 pagina’s
...his sufferings as a new speaker ;— ' Having risen and caught the Speaker's eye I brought out 2 or 3 sentences, when a mist seemed to rise before my eyes....Speaker's wig which swelled and swelled and swelled until it covered the whole House. I then sank back on my seat." D'Ewes' Journal of 1601 relates that... | |
 | 1901 - 886 pagina’s
...said, "and it was not unnatural when I rose that my family name should at once fix every eye upon me. I brought out two or three sentences, when a mist...covered the whole House. I then sank back on my seat and never attempted another speech, but quickly accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, assured that Parliament... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1881 - 336 pagina’s
...parliament, and it was not unnatural when I rose that my family name should at once fix every eye upon me. I brought out two or three sentences, when a mist...covered the whole House. I then sank back on my seat and never attempted another speech, but quickly accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, assured that parliament... | |
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