But, did they recollect that they were talking of a sick King, of a monarch smitten by the hand of Omnipotence, and that the Almighty had hurled him from his throne, and plunged him into a condition which drew down upon him the pity of the meanest peasant... Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt - Pagina 23door Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1867Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 pagina’s
...of the unfortunate monarch as "having been hurled from his throne, and plunged into a condition that drew down upon him the pity of the meanest peasant in his kingdom." A cry was raised throughout the House to take down these words ; and Burke, staggered by the storm... | |
| Fanny Burney, Leonard Benton Seeley - 1890 - 434 pagina’s
...the House by declaring that ' the Almighty had hurled the monarch from his throne, and plunged him into a condition which drew down upon him the pity of the meanest peasant in his kingdom ' ? Miss Burney, still feeling and writing as a woman, could not accuse her old friend Burke of being... | |
| Fanny Burney, Leonard Benton Seeley - 1890 - 372 pagina’s
...the House by declaring that ' the Almighty had hurled the monarch from his throne, and plunged him into a condition which drew down upon him the pity of the meanest peasant in his kingdom ' ? Miss Burney, still feeling and writing as a woman, could not accuse her old friend Burke of being... | |
| Fanny Burney - 1895 - 356 pagina’s
...the House by declaring that ' the Almighty had hurled the monarch from his throne, and plunged him into a condition which drew down upon him the pity of the meanest peasant in his kingdom ' ? Miss Burney, still feeling and writing as a woman, could not accuse her old friend Burke of being... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 520 pagina’s
...smitten by the hand of Omnipotence ; that the Almighty had hurled him from his throne, and plunged him into a condition which drew down upon him the pity of the meanest peasant in his kingdom ? " At a time, he added, when the sovereign was struck by the hand of Heaven, " ought they to make... | |
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