 | George Bancroft - 1888 - 596 strani
...guide." " If the right honorable gentleman," replied Granville, "be resolved to assume the right of directing the operations of the war, to what purpose...house of commons, and forgets that at this board he is responsible only to the king." The minister attributed his defeat not so much to the king and Bute... | |
 | Henry Lorenzo Jephson - 1892 - 500 strani
...certainly compelled us to leave him; but if he be resolved to assume the right of advising his Majesty, and directing the operations of the war, to what purpose...at this board he is only responsible to the King." "Or right or wrong," wrote a very acute political observer in the last century,2 "from that moment,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 720 strani
...with a rod of iron !] But if he be resolved to assume the office of exclusively advising his Majesty and directing the operations of the War, to what purpose...People, he talks the language of the House of Commons ; forgets that, at this Board, he is only responsible to the King. However, though he may possibly... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1898 - 478 strani
...compelled us to leave him. But if he is resolved to assume the office of exclusively advising His Majesty and directing the operations of the war, to what purpose...House of Commons, and forgets that at this board he is responsible only to the King. However, though he may possibly have convinced himself of his infallibility,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1898 - 602 strani
...guide." " If the right honorable gentleman," replied Granville, "be resolved to assume the right of directing the operations of the war, to what purpose...house of commons, and forgets that at this board he is responsible only to the king." The minister attributed his defeat not so much to the king and Bute... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1898 - 528 strani
...with a rod of iron !) 'But if he be resolved to assume the office of exclusively advising his Majesty and directing the operations of the War, to what purpose...People, he talks the language of the House of Commons ; forgets that, at this Board, he is only responsible to the King. However, though he may possibly... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1900 - 524 strani
...with a rod of iron !) ' But if he be resolved to assume the office of exclusively advising his Majesty and directing the operations of the War, to what purpose...People, he talks the language of the House of Commons ; forgets that, at this Board, he is only responsible to the King. However, though he may possibly... | |
 | Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee - 1887 - 486 strani
...certainly compelled us to leave him ; but if he be resolved to assume the right of advising his majesty, and directing the operations of the war, to what purpose...board he is only responsible to the king. However, tho' he may possibly have convinced himself of 214 Carteret his infallibility, still it remains that... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1905 - 262 strani
...he was not sorry the. gentleman would leave them, as in any other case they would have to leave him. When he talks of being responsible to the people,...at this board he is only responsible to the King." We have no proof that either of these speeches was correctly reported. But in substance they represent... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1907 - 482 strani
...compelled us to leave him. But if he is resolved to assume the office of exclusively advising His Majesty and directing the operations of the war, to what purpose...House of Commons, and forgets that at this board he is responsible only to the King. However, though he may possibly have convinced himself of his infallibility,... | |
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I am sorry for it, since otherwise he would have certainly compelled us to leave him [Has ruled us, may not I say, with a rod of iron !] But if he be resolved to assume the office of exclusively advising his Majesty and directing the operations of the... 
