 | Thomas Campbell - 1807 - 556 pages
...with the grandeur and condescension ij6i. of this proceeding. ' I confess, Sir,' said he, ' I had but too much reason to expect your majesty's displeasure....Pardon me, Sir, it overpowers, it oppresses, me.' He burst into tears. Next day, a pension of ^3,000 a-year was settled upon Mr. Pitt, for three lives,... | |
 | 1820 - 856 pages
...minister was overpowered by the nobleness of this proceeding^ ' I confess, Sire,' he said, < I had but too much reason to expect your Majesty's displeasure....come prepared for this exceeding goodness; pardon me, Sire, it overpowers, it oppresses me.' He burst into tears. About this period of his reign, his Majesty... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher.) - 1820 - 402 pages
...sensibly touched with the grandeur and condescension of this proceeding. " I confess, Sir, I had but too much reason to expect your Majesty's displeasure;...Pardon me, Sir, it overpowers — it oppresses me*." The ex-minister, is is said, now burst into tears, and the next day a pension of 3,000/. per annum,... | |
 | 1820 - 718 pages
...minister was overpowered by the nobleness of this proceeding. " I confess, Sire," he said, " I had but too much reason to expect your Majesty's displeasure....prepared for this exceeding goodness ; pardon me, Sire, it overpowers, it oppresses me." He burst into tears. About this period of his reign, his Majesty... | |
 | Ingram Cobbin - 1820 - 188 pages
...minister was overpowered by the nobleness of this proceeding. " I confess, sire," he said, " I had but too much reason to expect your majesty's displeasure,...prepared for this exceeding goodness ; pardon me, sire, it overpowers, it oppresses me." He burst into tears. When George II. died, a large number of... | |
 | 1820 - 664 pages
...minister was overpowered by the nobleness of this proceeding. " I confess, Sire," he said, " I had but too much reason to expect your Majesty's displeasure....prepared for this exceeding goodness ; pardon me, Sire, it overpowers, it oppresses me." He burst into tears. ' About this period of his reign, his Majesty... | |
 | 492 pages
...overpowered by the nobleness of this proceeding, " I confess, Sire," he said, " I had but too much rea" son to expect your Majesty's displeasure. I did " not...prepared for this exceeding goodness ; " pardon me, Sire, it overpowers — it oppresses me." He burst into tears. About this period of his reign, his... | |
 | 1821 - 808 pages
...minister was overpowered by the nobleness of this proceeding " I confess, sire," hesaid, " I had hut too much reason to expect your majesty's displeasure....prepared for this exceeding goodness : pardon me, sire ; it overpowers, it oppresses me." He burst into tears. About this period of his reign, his majesty... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1821 - 746 pages
...minister, was overpowered by the nobleness of this proceeding. " I confess, sire," he said, " I had but too much reason to expect your majesty's displeasure....prepared for this exceeding goodness ; pardon me, sire, it overpowers, it oppresses me — " He burst into tears. We are far from an attempt to add any... | |
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I had but too much reason to expect your Majesty's displeasure. I did not come prepared for this exceeding goodness; pardon me, Sir, it overpowers, it oppresses me... 
