 | Benjamin Franklin - 1907 - 880 Seiten
...the precipice." that day has been preserved but in meagre outline. The conclusion of it is famous: "If the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and...but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone." The motion, which was that General Gage should remove his Majesty's forces from the town of Boston,... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1907 - 390 Seiten
...misleading the King, I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from the Crown ; but I will affirm that they will make the...betrayed ; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone."1 No wonder the King heaped upon the statesman, who endeavoured so eloquently to thwart his... | |
 | Basil Williams - 1913 - 450 Seiten
...Empire, hungrily watching the prey that she is only waiting for the right moment to pounce upon. ... To conclude, my Lords, if the ministers thus persevere...betrayed ; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone.1 1 This is the first of the two speeches admirably reported by Hugh Boyd. As an example of... | |
 | Albert William Mann - 1917 - 610 Seiten
...of his subjects from his crown; but 1 will affirm, they will make the crown not worth his wearing. 1 will not say that the King is betrayed, but I will pronounce that the Kingdom is undone." This bold speech aroused the King to great anger and expressed his desire for the arrival of the day... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1919 - 336 Seiten
...you to allay the ferment in America — by a removal of your troops from Boston, by a repeal of your acts of Parliament, and by demonstration of amicable...; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone. FROM SPEECH OF PITT, Nov. 1777 I love and honor the British troops ; I know their virtue and their... | |
 | Martha Joanna Lamb - 1921 - 616 Seiten
...particularly when he added : — " If the ministers persevere in thus misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say that the king is betrayed, but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone ; I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown, but I will... | |
 | Frank Arthur Mumby - 1923 - 498 Seiten
...subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing—I will not say that the King is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone* The Ministry and the King himself showed how they scorned both the warnings of Chatham and the resolutions... | |
 | 1838 - 596 Seiten
...proved. The concluding sentence of the speech has been often cited — ' If the Ministers persevere. in misleading the King, I will not say that they can...but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone.' Again, in 1777, after describing the course of the war and ' the traffic and barter driven with every... | |
 | Basil Williams - 1966 - 440 Seiten
...Empire, hungrily watching the prey that she is only waiting for the right moment to pounce upon. ... To conclude, my Lords, if the ministers thus persevere...betrayed ; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone.1 1 This is the first of the two speeches admirably reported by Hugh Boyd. As an example of... | |
 | Don Cook - 1995 - 446 Seiten
...affections of his subjects from his crown, but I will affirm that they will make his crown not worth wearing. I will not say that the King is betrayed, but I will announce that the Kingdom is undone. The debate that followed was brief. The motion to withdraw the... | |
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To conclude, my Lords: if the Ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the King, I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown; but I will affirm that they will make the crown not worth his wearing.... 
