 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 էջ
...Revenge*. " Know then 'twas £: I forged the letter, I disposed the picture ; I hated, I despised, and 1 destroy. •' I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful...surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American i" These pleadings for a time worked great effect: the lords assented, ifae town was convinced, Dr... | |
 | 1812 - 314 էջ
...'t was 1 ! I forged the letter ! I disposed the picture ! , ' I hated, I despised, and I destroy ! J ask, my lords, whether the revengeful temper attributed,...surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American ?" These pleadings for a time effected much. The lords assented, the towu wai convinced, Dr. Franklin... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 432 էջ
...answerable for the issue ; of a worthy governor hurt in his dearest interest ; the fate of America is in suspense. Here is a man, who with the utmost insensibility...by the coolness and apathy of the wily American.' " The speeches of Mr. D'unning (afterwards lord Ashburton) and Mr. Lee, who appeared as council in... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 432 էջ
...Revenge— Know then 'twas I I forged the letter—I disposed the picture— I hated—I despised—and I destroy. " ' I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful...by the coolness and apathy of the wily American.' " The speeches of Mr. Dunning (afterwards lord Ashburton) and Mr. Lee, who appeared as council in behalf... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - 1824 - 524 էջ
...himself the author of all. 1 can compare it only to Zanga in Dr. Young's Revenge. " Know then 'twas 1 : I forged the letter, I disposed the picture ; I hated,...surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American ?' These pleadings for a time worked great effect : The lords assented, the town was convinced, Dr.... | |
 | 1826 - 440 էջ
...Know then 'twu— I— I forged the letter, 1 disposed the plctore ;— — I Siattd, 1 despifted, and I destroy.' *I ask, my lords, whether the revengeful...by the coolness and apathy of the wily American." Franklin is said to have stood during the time of the delivery of this long speech at the council-table,... | |
 | Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1827 - 342 էջ
...reward in the power of government to bestow." " The revengeful temper, attributed by poetic fiction to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American," was the language of Wedderburn, cheered and applauded by peers of England, assembled to listen to the... | |
 | James Thacher - 1828 - 318 էջ
...&c. and remarks thereon, by Israel dit, with the assembly 'i address, &e. 2d edition. London, 1774. avows himself the author of all : I can compare it...surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American ?" The speeches of Mr. Dunning, afterwards Lord Ashburton, and Mr. Lee, who appeared as counsel in... | |
 | William Shepherd - 1834 - 298 էջ
...and avows himself the author of all. I can compare it only to Zanga in Dr. Young's 'Revenge1 — ' Know, then, 'twas — I; I forged the letter; I disposed...by the coolness and apathy of the wily American?' Less fervid eloquence than this of Mr. Wedderburne's would have been sufficient to sway the decision... | |
 | William Shepherd - 1834 - 336 էջ
...avows himself the author of all. I can compare it only to Zanga in Dr. Young's 'Revenge1 — ......' Know, then, 'twas — I; I forged the letter; I disposed...by the coolness and apathy of the wily American?' Less fervid eloquence than this of Mr. Wedderburne's would have been sufficient to sway the decision... | |
| |
I ask, my Lords, whether the revengeful temper attributed, by poetic fiction only, to the bloody African, is not surpassed by the coolness and apathy of the wily American? 
