 | Richard Harcourt - 1890 - 350 Seiten
...beloved land. Our leading newspapers are being controlled by them. In the words of Daniel Webster: " We 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 " THE CAMEL'S HEAD IN UNCLE SAM'S HOUSE. Our enemy, the enemy... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1895 - 702 Seiten
...and the land was laid uuder water, "and he suggested that the following Hues be prefixed to the bill: "I hear a lion in the lobby roar; Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door ? Or shall we rather let the lion in, And try if we can turn him out again?" 1 8 Wallace, pp. 624,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1895 - 686 Seiten
...the land was laid under water, "and he suggested that the following lines be prefixed to the bill : "I hear a lion in the lobby roar; Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door ? Or shall we rather let the lion in, And try if we can turn him out again ?" 1 8 Wallace, pp. 624,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1895 - 702 Seiten
...the land was laid under water, "and he suggested that the following lines be prefixed to the bill : "I hear a lion in the lobby roar; Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door ? Or shall we rather let the lion in, And try if we can turn him out again ?" 1 8 Wallace, pp. 624,... | |
 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania - 1895 - 538 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." Can it be possible, gentlemen, that our stopping on this continent the importation of goods from Great-Britain,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1895 - 686 Seiten
...was laid under water, "and he suggested that the following lines he prefixed to the bill: "I hear n lion in the lobby roar; Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door ? Or shall we rather let the lion in, And try if we can turn him out again?" 1 8 Wallace, pp. 624.... | |
 | William Dudley Foulke - 1899 - 612 Seiten
...staid in?" Hendricks referred sarcastically to the following quotation which had been made by Sumner: "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?" It was a little singular, continued Hendricks, that the inspiration... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 384 Seiten
...verses, more than once repeated in our public discussions, are applicable now, — never more so : — " I hear a lion in the lobby roar : Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door, And keep him there ? or shall we let him in, To try if we can torn him out again ? " 1 Pebrnary 19th, after a debate... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 408 Seiten
..." I hear a lion in the lobby roar : Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door, And keep him there ? or shall we let him in, To try if we can turn him out again? " l But the Senate is asked to do this very thing. Instead of shutting the door and keeping disloyalty... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 Seiten
...Art of Politics. 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 shut the door And keep him there, or shall we let him in To try if we can turn him out again ? " a ibid. So Britain's monarch... | |
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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. 
