 | Thomas Erskine May - 1861 - 544 pàgines
...himself be humiliated and disgraced. In a letter to Lord North, 15th March, 1778, the king says : " Honestly, I would rather lose the crown I now wear,...the ignominy of possessing it under their shackles." 2 And, again, on the 17th of March, he writes : " I am still ready to accept any part of them that... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1861 - 536 pàgines
...himself be humiliated and disgraced. In a letter to Lord North, 15th March, 1778, the king says : " Honestly, I would rather lose the crown I now wear,...than bear the ignominy of possessing it under their shackles."2 And, again, on the 17th of March, he writes : " I am still ready to accept any part of... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1862 - 496 pàgines
...would himself be humiliated and disgraced. In a letter to Lord North, 15th March, 1778, the king says: "Honestly, I would rather lose the crown I now wear,...than bear the ignominy of possessing it under their I Lord Brougham's Works, iii. 97. 8 Lord Brougham's Works, iii. 130. shackles." i And, again, on the... | |
 | Annie Emma Challice - 1863 - 384 pàgines
...ostensible minister, adding, " No advantage to the country, nor personal danger to myself, can ever make me address myself to Lord Chatham, or to any...the ignominy of possessing it under their shackles. . . . You have full power to act, but I do not expect Lord Chatham and his crew will come to your assistance."... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1863 - 590 pàgines
...be humiliated and disgraced. In a letter to Lord North, on the 15th March, 1778, the king says : " Honestly, I would rather lose the crown I now wear,...the ignominy of possessing it under their shackles." 2 And, again, on the 17th of March, he writes : " I am still ready to accept any part of them that... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 946 pàgines
...looks up to him, with the only gleam of hope that remains." The king declared "that no advantage to my country, nor personal danger to myself, can make me...lord Chatham, or to any other branch of opposition." Lord North at length consented to go on as the head of a ministry till the Session of Parliament was... | |
 | William Massey - 1865 - 474 pàgines
...him. ' No ad- rMentmenU vantage to this country? said he, 'nor personal danger to myself, can ever make me address myself to Lord Chatham, or to any other branch of Opposition.'! These were the sentiments which, in His Majesty's opinion, entitled him to expect 'that the nation... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 524 pàgines
...said this, I will only add, to put before your eyes my most inmost thoughts, that no advantage to my country nor personal danger to myself can make me...the ignominy of possessing it under their shackles. You have now full power to act, but I don't expect Lord Chatham and his crew will come to your assistance."... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 544 pàgines
...said this, I wih1 only add, to put before your eyes my most inmost thoughts, that no advantage to my country nor personal danger to myself can make me...the ignominy of possessing it under their shackles. You have now full power to act, but I don't expect Lord Chatham and his crew will come to your assistance."... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1866 - 518 pàgines
...said this, I will only add, to put before your eyes my most inmost thoughts, that no advantage to my country nor personal danger to myself can make me...the ignominy of possessing it under their shackles. You have now full power to act, but I don't expect Lord Chatham and his crew will come to your assistance."... | |
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I will only add, to put before your eyes my most inmost thoughts, that no advantage to my country nor personal danger to myself can make me address myself to Lord Chatham, or to any other branch of opposition. Honestly, I would rather lose the crown I... 
