I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I shall sit down now ; but the time will come when you will hear me. Annual Register - Seite 80herausgegeben von - 1882Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1853 - 636 Seiten
...It was out short by an irrepressible burst of laughter, and he concluded with the memorable words: 'I ' have begun several times many things, and I have...now, but the time will ' come when you will hear me.' When Woodfall told Sheridan, after hearing his maiden effort, that public speaking was not his line,... | |
| 1837 - 520 Seiten
...that was in him — " I have begun several times many things, and have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me." How true has been the prophecy ! But we know few things more painful than this scene, whose recollection... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1847 - 606 Seiten
...the shouts of laughter which drowned his sentences, — " I have begun several times many things, and have often succeeded at last. I shall sit down now, but the time will come when you WILL HEAR me !" This was looked on at the time as the empty boast of a conceited man — another flash in the pan... | |
| 1848 - 536 Seiten
...speech called forth only laughter and ridicule in the House. He closed it with these famous words : " I have begun several times many things, and I have...now, but the time will come when you will hear me." For two years he was silent, and when he again opened his mouth in Parliament his speech was listened... | |
| 1913 - 586 Seiten
...the well-known prophetic words, in a voice almost terrific, which rose high above the clamour : ' I sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.' " Peel, who rarely cheered, " greeted Mr. Disraeli's speech with a prodigality of applause." Lyndliur.<t... | |
| 1852 - 318 Seiten
...— " I have begun several times many things," said he, " and I have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me." Hansard concludes the report by stating that " the impatience of the house would not allow the honourable... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 606 Seiten
...was cut short by an irrepressible burst of laughter, and he concluded with the memorable words : ' is not its goal ; ' Dust thou art, to dust returnpth,' Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, When Woodfall told Sheridan, after hearing his maiden effort, that public speaking was not his line,... | |
| Thomas Macknight - 1854 - 662 Seiten
...though it came from the lips of a political opponent." No cheer, however, followed; and he then added, " I am not at all surprised at the reception I have...many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will listen to me !" He sat down : Lord Stanley,... | |
| 1854 - 974 Seiten
...though it came from the lips of a political opponent." No cheer, however, followed; and he then added, " I am not at all surprised at the reception I have...many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will•come when you will listen to me." ' — pp. 250-252. Our author's... | |
| Thomas Macknight - 1854 - 660 Seiten
...though it came from the lips of a political opponent." No cheer, however, followed; and he then added, " I am not at all surprised at the reception I have...many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will listen to me!" He sat down: Lord Stanley, on... | |
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