 | Walter Wilson - 1808 - 584 pàgines
...Earl replied, " I am an old man, and can do but little ;" then added, with a sigh, "I had once a ion, who could now have been very serviceable to your Majesty...struck the King half dead with silence and confusion. — teharit i History of England. DEVONSHIRE SQUARE.- - Particular Baptist. and proceed against him... | |
 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1809 - 458 pàgines
...abject coward in adversity. This unfeeling monarch received a most cutting stroke, at a council which was called soon after the landing of the prince of...dynasty of the Stuarts. — Yes, Jamie ran " Over Ike hills and far awa' — " and was received by our good friends, the French, in hopes of raising... | |
 | William Kiffin - 1823 - 206 pàgines
...influence ; you can do much for me at this time ;' to which the Earl replied, ' I am an old man, and cart do but little ;' then added with a sigh, ' I had once...struck the king half dead with silence and confusion.' " " It is said that king Charles at one time, when much in want of money, sent to Mr Kiffin, requesting... | |
 | 1823 - 736 pàgines
...man, and have great influence ; you can do much for me at this time ;' to which the Earl replied, ' 1 am an old man, and can do but little ;' then added...been very serviceable to your Majesty;' which words. saysEchard, struck the king half dead with silence and confusion.' " It is said that king Charles at... | |
 | 1823 - 684 pàgines
...have treat influence ; you can do much for me at this time ;' to which the Earl replied, ' I am »n old man, and can do but little)' then added with a...been very serviceable to your Majesty;' which words, ssysEcharrt, struck the king half dead with silenee and confusion. " It is said that king Charles at... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1835 - 222 pàgines
...bowing, " I am an old man, and can do but little." ' Then, after another pause, he added, with a sigh, "/ had once a son, who could now have been very serviceable to your majesty." Had the calm and noble spirit of Lord William Eussell risen from its bloody shroud, and stood palpably... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1841 - 416 pàgines
...this time.' The Earl replied, — ' I am an old man, and can do but little :' adding, with a sigh, ' 1 had once a son, who could now have been very serviceable to your Majesty :' words, says Echard, which struck the King half dead with silence and confusion." See Noble's " Memoirs... | |
 | 1853 - 444 pàgines
...much for me at this time." " I am an old man," was the reply ; " and can do bxit little ; I once had a son, who could now have been very serviceable to your majesty." The king was struck dumb, and made no reply. • It must be remembered, that at this period the Tory... | |
 | Sir Edward Cust - 1869 - 756 pàgines
...much for me at this time." To which his Grace replied, " I am an old man, and can do but little ; but I had once a son, who could now have been very serviceable to your Majesty." The King was struck dumb with his answer, for it was be •who had sent Lord William Russell to the... | |
 | Edward Parsons - 1879 - 320 pàgines
...much for me at this time ; " to which the earl replied, " I am an old man and can do but little ;" and then added with a sigh, " I had once a son who could...struck the king half dead with silence and confusion. JUDGE JEFFREYS CONFOUNDED. prostitution of justice, his overbearing and intolerable tyranny, his disgusting... | |
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I am an old man, and can do but little — (then added, with a sigh) — I had once a son, who could now have been very serviceable to your majesty. 