 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1880 - 436 Seiten
...to end. I will read only these sentences : " I became unpopular in England for ' one of these acts,' in Ireland for the other. What, then ! What obligation...pleased with my service was their affair, not mine." The citizens of Bristol were not pleased with this service ; they dismissed him. He was returned, however,... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1880 - 552 Seiten
...that I hung dc,wn my head, and wept in shame and silence over the humiliation of Great Britain ? I became unpopular in England for the one and in Ireland...lay on me to be popular? I was bound to serve both kingdomsTo be pleased with my service, was their affair, not mine. I was an Irishman in the Irish business,... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1880 - 436 Seiten
...became unpopular in England for ' one of these acts,' in Ireland for the other. What, then ! WThat obligation lay on me to be popular ? I was bound to...pleased with my service was their affair, not mine." The citizens of Bristol were not pleased with this service ; they dismissed him. He was returned, however,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1881 - 464 Seiten
...day that I hung down my head, and wept in shame and silence over the humiliation of Great Britain ? I became unpopular in England for the one, and in Ireland...principles, I wished you to concede to America at a time 132 SPEECH AT THE 1780. when she prayed concession at our feet. Just as much was I an American when... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1886 - 276 Seiten
...day that I hung down my head, and wept in shame and silence over the humiliation of Great Britain ? I became unpopular in England for the one, and in Ireland...To be pleased with my service was their affair, not mine.—Speech at Guildhall, Bristol. In this House we submit, though with troubled minds, to that... | |
 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1887 - 994 Seiten
...became unpopular in England for one act ; in Ireland for another. What then ? What obligation lay upon me to be popular ? I was bound to serve both kingdoms....pleased with my service was their affair, not mine." That is the statesman in immortal contrast to the politician. We have a parallel to Burke's superb... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1888 - 490 Seiten
...writing anywhere that conveys so much thought in so few words. And it is as wise as it i* thoughtful. for the one, and in Ireland for the other. What then? What obligation lay on me to be popular 1 I was bound to serve both kingdoms. To be pleased with my service was their affair, not mine. I was... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1889 - 344 Seiten
...to end. I will read only these sentences : " I became unpopular in England for ' one of these acts,' in Ireland for the other. What, then ! What obligation...pleased with my service was their affair, not mine." The citizens of Bristol were not pleased with this service ; they dismissed him. He was returned, however,... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - 1894 - 408 Seiten
...that I hung down my head, and wept in shame and 15 silence over the humiliation of Great Britain ? I became unpopular in England for the one, and in Ireland...pleased with my service was their affair, not mine. 20 I was an Irishman in the Irish business, just as much as I was an American, when, on the same principles,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1894 - 624 Seiten
...later on exacted, he had felt equally distressed, " I became," he says, " unpopular in England for tbe one, and in Ireland for the other. What then, what...pleased with my service was their affair, not mine." The lapse of one hundred years has induced Parliamentary representatives to waive this superiority... | |
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Was I an Irishman on that day, that I boldly withstood our pride ? or on the day that I hung down my head, and wept in shame and silence over the humiliation of Great Britain ? I became unpopular in England for the one, and in Ireland for the other. What... 
