 It is only the public situation which this gentleman holds which entitles me or induces me to say so much about him. He is a fly in amber, nobody cares about the fly : the only question is, How the Devil did it get there?  Bentley's Miscellany - Strana 388úprava: - 1845Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1829 - Počet stránok 476
...he therefore fit for serious parts? . • ... „ .; the resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman...about the fly: the only question is, how the devil did it get there ? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | 1832 - Počet stránok 592
...period, alludes to him in the following terms : — " It is only his public situation which entitles or induces me to say so much about him. He is a fly...the fly ; the only question is, how the devil did it get there ? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1836 - Počet stránok 348
...resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation of this gentleman, that intitles me, or induces me, to say so much about him : he is...nobody cares about the fly ; the only question is, how did it get there? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility ; as a burgomaster... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1840 - Počet stránok 212
...period, alludes to him ID the following terms : — " It is only his public situation which entitles or induces me to say so much about him. He is a fly...about the fly; the only question is, how the devil did it get there? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - Počet stránok 430
...organs.— Walker. Ludicrous Comparison. — The Rev. Sydney Smith compared Mr. Canning in office to a fly in amber : " nobody cares about the fly; the only question is, how the devil did it get there ? Nor do 1 attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - Počet stránok 388
...potatoes as console me for the miseries of Ireland by the resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman...the fly : the only question is, How the devil did it get there? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1845 - Počet stránok 496
...potatoes as console me tor the miseries of Ireland by the resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman...the fly : the only question is, How the Devil did it get there ? Nor do I attack him for the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - Počet stránok 500
...resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation of this gentleman, that intitles me, or induces me, to say so much about him : he is...nobody cares about the fly; the only question is, how did he get there? nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility ; as a burgomaster... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - Počet stránok 292
...tedious." LUDICROUS ESTIMATE OF MR. CANNING. THE Rev. Sydney Smith compares Mr. Canning in office to a fly in amber : " nobody cares about the fly : the only question is, how the devil did it get there ?" " Nor do I," continues Smith, " attack him for the love of glory, but from the love... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - Počet stránok 196
...potatoes, as console me for the miseries of Ireland, by the resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman...the fly : the only question is, How the devil did it get there ? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
| |
