 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - Počet stránok 1138
...writes to the editor of these memoirs: " Curran, the master of the rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...quantity of shillings, and that it would barter for a quatitity of clolh, he was well aware ; but the accurate number of the baser coin, or the just measurement... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1836 - Počet stránok 538
...methods which it was not easy to resist. " Curran, the Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...tape, and was utterly unfit for the common business (,: life. That a guinea represented a quantity of shilling. and that it would barter for a quantity... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - Počet stránok 348
...methods which it was not easy to resist. Curran, the master of the rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...he never knew the use of red tape, and was utterly unlit for the common business of life. That a guinea represented a quantity of shillings, and that... | |
 | 1845 - Počet stránok 670
...the Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattau, if you would buy a few yards of red tape, and tie...was utterly unfit for the common business of life." Who does not feel a personal knowledge of Homer, when reading the words, " he had the ten commandments... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - 1849 - Počet stránok 412
...letter to Sir James's son, writes thus : " Curran, the Master of the Rolls, said to Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...tie up your bills and papers.' This was the fault or misfortune of your excellent father. He never knew the use of red tape, and was utterly unfit for the... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - Počet stránok 936
...pleasantly illustrated in an anecdote of Curran, who, when Master of the Rolls, *aid to Mr. Grattan, "You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...yards of red tape, and tie up your bills and papers." 79. SAI ,Crewe— The mode of manufacturing thepapier mache japan ware in this country is thus described... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - Počet stránok 196
...Curran, the master of the rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, " You would be the greatest man of your age, if you would buy a few yards of red tape, and tie up your bills and papers." This was the fault or misfortune of Sir James Mackintosh ; he never knew the use of red tape, and was utterly unfit for the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - Počet stránok 780
...it was not one of frequent commission. Outran, the master of the rolls, said to Mr. G rattan, "You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...tie up your bills and papers." This was the fault or misfortune of Sir James Mackintosh ; he never knew the use of red tape, and was utterly unfit for the... | |
 | 1850 - Počet stránok 216
...his gallant synonym, the hero of Acre. Curran, when Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattin, " You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...tie up your bills and papers." This was the fault or misfortune of Sir James Mackintosh : he never knew the use of red tape, and was utterly unfit for the... | |
 | 1852 - Počet stránok 498
...methods which it was not easy to resist. Curran, the master of the rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, " You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...tie up your bills and papers." This was the fault or misfortune of your excellent father; he never knew the use of red tape, 410 and was utterly unfit for... | |
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Curran, the Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if you would buy a few yards of red tape, and tie up your bills and papers. 
