 The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Seite 127von Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1872 - 556 Seiten
...death. — Julius Casar. [WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM. 1708—1778.] ON THE CRIME OF BEING YOUNG. SIR, — The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1872 - 200 Seiten
...Pharisee after the straitest sect of our religion. 2. I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me; and I will not assume the province of determining whether... | |
 | Robert Armstrong - 1872 - 344 Seiten
...bold deed, adventurous Eve, and provoked great peril. I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me. I did not expect such treatment from him who had formerly... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1872 - 274 Seiten
...it to produce, there will soon be a remedy, though of a very objectionable kind." 5. Mr Pitt:—"The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall attempt neither to palliate nor to deny; but content... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1874 - 286 Seiten
...PITT'S manner of speaking. As soon as Mr WALPOLE sat down, Mr PITT got up and replied as follows.] The atrocious crime of being a young man, | which the honourable gentleman has, | with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, | I shall neither attempt to palliate, nor denyi , | but... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 Seiten
...the bravest, the wisest, and the best of men. Lord Chatham's Reply to Sir Robert Watpole. Sin, — The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 Seiten
...on " Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free." — From Brooke's Guslavus Vasa, First edition. The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
 | James Mason - 1875 - 674 Seiten
...manner of speaking. As soon as he sat down, Mr. Pitt rose, and made the following admirable reply : — 'The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 868 Seiten
...myself about the dream, or there be a change of government. Speech on being taunttd rrlth youth. — Sir, the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 Seiten
...the general sentiments expressed.] EEPLY OF LORD CHATHAM WHEN ATTACKED BY HORATIO WALPOLE.* Sm, — other cause is folly. But, as far as appearances went, by the judicious sacrifice such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content... | |
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