 | 1802 - 764 pàgines
...voting for me, yet speakiug against me ; the ground I tread upon is so hollow, that I am afraid 451 not only of falling myself, but of involving my royal master in my ruin. — Ц is time for me to retire." p. 126. The character of Lord Bute, as a minister and a man, is thus... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1807 - 556 pàgines
...chief-justice, whom I brought myself into office, voting for me, yet speaking against me ; the ground 1 tread upon is so hollow, that I am afraid not only...master in my ruin : it is time for me to retire.' The question of Lord Bute's merit or demerit reduces itself to narrow bounds, if we take the history... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher.) - 1820 - 402 pàgines
...two peers ; both the Secretaries of state silent ; and the Lord Chief Justice, whom I brought myself into office, voting for me, yet speaking against me...master in my ruin : it is time for me to retire*." The King, however, endeavoured to recompense --.,-• Adolphiw. Vol. I, p. 109. - his Lordship by private... | |
 | William Jones - 1825 - 452 pàgines
...Denbigh and Pomfret) — both the secretaries of state silent — and the lord chief justice, whom I brought into office, voting for me, yet speaking against...master in my ruin : It is time for me to retire." Adolphus, vol. ip 109. %d edit. The honourable George Grenville succeeded lord Bute as head of the... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 474 pàgines
...Denbigh and Pomfret) — bath the secretaries of state silent — and the lord chief justice, whom I brought into office, voting for me, yet speaking against...royal master in my ruin : it is time for me to retire '." 1 Adolphus's History of England, vol. ip 109, second edit. In private life, this nobleman is said... | |
 | 1836 - 600 pàgines
...and Pomfrct), both the secretaries of state silent, and the lord chief justice, whom I brought myself into office, voting for me, yet speaking against me...master in my ruin : it is time for me to retire.' His lordship's own powers of oratory were not such as to make up for the silence of his colleagues.... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 288 pàgines
...and Pomfret,) both the secretaries of state silent, and the lord-chief-justice, whom I brought myself into office, voting for me, yet speaking against me...royal master in my ruin. It is time for me to retire.' When the favourite retired from office, however, he probably did not retire from power, but continued,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 510 pàgines
...lord-ehief-justice, whom I brought myself into office, voting for me, yet speaking against me — thiground I tread upon is so hollow, that I am afraid not only...royal master in my ruin. It is time for me to retire.' When the favourite retired from office, however, he probably did not retire from power, but continued,... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1840 - 652 pàgines
...retired from the helm, he more fully explained the real motives of his conduct : " Single," he said, " in a cabinet of my own " forming ; no aid in the House...Master " in my ruin. — It is time for me to retire§ !" The continuance of the ex-minister's secret influ• In support of this unfounded allegation, the... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1840 - 646 pàgines
...speaking against me ; the ground " I tread upon is so hollow, that I am afraid, not only " of felling myself, but of involving my Royal Master " in my ruin. — It is time for me to retire§ !" The continuance of the ex-minister's secret influ* In support of this unfounded allegation, the... | |
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Single in a cabinet of my own forming ; no aid in the House of Lords to support me, except two peers (Lords Denbigh and Pomfret) ; both the secretaries of state silent, and the lord chief justice, whom I myself brought into office, voting for me yet speaking... 
