 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855 - 294 Seiten
...— ' Mr. Speaker, I hear a lion roaring in the lobby. Shall we secure the door, and keep him there : or shall we let him in, to try if we can turn him out again ?'" * 27te Farmer's Letters to the Inhabitant! of th BritM Colonies were printed at Philadelphia in... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1856 - 648 Seiten
...expressed his sentiments by rather a grotesque comparison, but one of considerable force : — " 1 hear a lion, in the lobby, roar ! Say, Mr. Speaker,...the door, And keep him out; or shall we let him in, And see if we can get him out again? " 1 was for shutting the door and keeping the lion out. Other... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 704 Seiten
...saints, and kings: But Titus said, with his uncommon sense, When the Exclusion bill was in suspense, I hear a lion In the lobby roar ; Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we fhut the door And keep him there, or shall we let him in To try If we can turn him out a;niln? CYCLOPAEDIA... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1857 - 596 Seiten
...Commons ternpore Car. 2d in debate on the Exclusion Bill, is said to have spoken these lines : — " I hear a lion in the lobby roar ; Say, Mr. Speaker,...the door And keep him out, or shall we let him in, And see if we can get him out again ? " Now, can you tell me where these lines are to be found ? Are... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 756 Seiten
...of the English House of Commons, whilst the bill for excluding Jumes II. was depending, who said : " I hear a lion in the lobby roar, Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we »hut the door, 36 DEBATES OF CONGRESS. Ресывпц Tripolitan Aggression. [SENATE. And keep Mm... | |
 | Henry Simpson - 1859 - 1186 Seiten
...' Mr. Speaker, I hear a lion roaring in the lobby ! Shall we secure the door, and keep him there ; or shall we let him in, to try if we can turn him out again V " " The Farmer's Letters to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies" were printed at Philadelphia... | |
 | Henry Simpson - 1859 - 1170 Seiten
...' Mr. Speaker, 1 hear a lion roaring in the lobby ! Shall we secure the door, and keep him there ; or shall we let him in, to try if we can turn him out again V " " The Farmer's Letters to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies" were printed at Philadelphia... | |
 | George Lunt - 1866 - 518 Seiten
...been suggested by a member of an early House of Commons, which obtained the assent of its members : " I hear a lion in the lobby roar ; Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we bar the door, And keep him out ? Or shall we let him in, And do our best to put him out again ? " If... | |
 | George Lunt - 1867 - 536 Seiten
...been suggested by a member of an early House of Commons, which obtained the assent of its members : " I hear a lion in the lobby roar ; Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we bar the door, And keep him out ? Or shall we let him in, And do our best to put him out again ? " If... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1868 - 670 Seiten
...The problem involved is neatly set forth in the hackneyed old Parliamentary epigram: — ,—- • "I hear a lion in the lobby roar; Say, Mr. Speaker,...the door, And keep him out ? or shall we let him in, And see if we can turn him out again * " Mr. Jefferson, in his purer, nobler days, — before he became... | |
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I hear a lion, in the lobby, roar ! Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door, And keep him out ; or shall we let him in, And see if we can get him out again* " I was for shutting the door and keeping the lion out. 
