 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1881 - 386 pages
...to call it, which he would persuade gentlemen is not yet laid aside, I for my part assure this House I am not so mad as ever again to engage in anything that looks like an Excise ; though, in my private opinion, I still think it was a scheme that would have tended very much to the interest of... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - 1884 - 1152 pages
...which he would persuade gentlemen is not yet laid aside, I, for my own part, can assure this house, I am not so mad as ever again to engage in anything...have tended very much to the interest of the nation." A new quarrel' had broken out in Europe upon the death, in 1733,. of Augustus II., king of Poland.... | |
 | World - 1884 - 560 pages
...to call it, which he would persuade gentlemen is not yet laid aside, I for my part assure this House I am not so mad as ever again to engage in anything that looks like an Excise ; though, in my private opinion, I still think it was a scheme that would have tended very much to the interest of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1885 - 916 pages
...House I am not so mad as ever again to engage in any thing that looks like an Excise; though, in my tho Ecclesiastical State, and an officer of distinguished...in tho service of the King of Spain. Colonna visits conduct of Walpole with regard to the Spanish war is the great blemish of his public life. Archdeacon... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1890 - 1100 pages
...to call it, which he would persuade gentlemen is not yet laid asido, I for my part assure this House ington Macaulay private opinion, I still thiuk it was a scheme that would have teuded very much to the interest of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 934 pages
...call it, which he would persuade gentlemen is not yet laid aside, I for my part assure' 1 this House atures and private opinion, I still think it was a scheme that would have tended very much to the interest of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 934 pages
...House I am not so mad as ever again to engage in any thing that looks like an Excise ; though, in my re in her hand, but it is a fragile reed ; they crown...is with thorns ; they cover with purple the wound conduct of Walpole with regard to the Spanish war is the great blemish of his public life. Archdeacon... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 pages
...House I am not so mad as ever again to engage in any thing that looks like an Excise ; though, in my private opinion, I still think it was a scheme that...tended very much to the interest of the nation." The conduct of Walpole with regard to the Spanish war is the great blemish of his public life. Archdeacon... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 700 pages
...House I am not so mad as ever again to engage in any thing that looks like an Excise ; though, in my private opinion, I still think it was a scheme that...tended very much to the interest of the nation." The conduct of Walpole with regard to the Spanish war is the great blemish of his public life. Archdeacon... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1899 - 476 pages
...excise. But he knew that the opportunity even for partial reform was past. ' I can assure this house,' he said, ' I am not so mad as ever again to engage in anything that looks like an excise' (4 Feb. 1734). A general election was now approaching. The tories proposed in the last session of the... | |
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As to the wicked scheme," said Walpole, " as the gentleman is pleased to call it, which he would persuade gentlemen is not yet laid aside, I for my part assure this House I am not so mad as ever again to engage in... 
