Alike in the political and military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals : and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ! an army employed in executing an arrest ! a town besieged on a note of hand ! a prince... The North American Review - Seite 77herausgegeben von - 1848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Parliament proc - 1787 - 590 Seiten
...united the mock majefty of a bloody fceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant" 1 ! counting houff, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other.—Mr. Sheridan now went into a long ftatement to ftiewthe various irrefragable proofs exhibited... | |
| 1788 - 708 Seiten
...uniting the mock majeltv of a bloody fceptrc, aid the little traffic of a merchant's counting-houfe ; wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. From the fads he had flated, Mr. Sheridun interred, that the begums had not given difturbance to the... | |
| Robert Bisset - 1803 - 450 Seiten
...uniting the mock majefty of a bloody fceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-houfe; wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other." This energetic, grand, and fplendid difplay of eloquence was clofed by the following peroration : "... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 Seiten
...uniting the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffick of a merchant's counting house ; wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. From the facts I have stated, I inter, that the Begums did not give disturbance to the government,... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 Seiten
...uniting the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffick of a merchant's counting house ; wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. From the facts I have stated, I infer, that the Begums did not give disturbance to the government,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 Seiten
...prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was, that a government was exhibited, uniting the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. From the facts he had stated, Mr. Sheridan inferred, that the begums had not given disturbance to the... | |
| 1816 - 692 Seiten
...an arrest; a town besieged on a note of hand; a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Tbus it was they exhibited a government, which united the...with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to shew the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in the... | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 422 Seiten
...government, which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchants counting-house, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to shew the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in the... | |
| William Cobbett - 1816 - 744 Seiten
...the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-- house, — wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. .Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to shew the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in the... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 Seiten
...united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a merchant's counting* house, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other. Mr. Sheridan now went into a long statement to shew the various irrefragable proofs exhibited in the... | |
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