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" I CANNOT, my lords, I WILL NOT join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now... "
Memoirs of the Reign of George III. to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D ... - Page 422
by William Belsham - 1796
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 8

Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...meafures that have heaped difgrace and misfortune upon us — that have brought ruin to our doors. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment!...adulation ; — the fmoothnefs of flattery cannot now aVail — cannot fave us in this rugged and awcful crifis :— ^it is now neceflary to inftruct...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of ..., Volume 2

John Almon - Great Britain - 1792 - 458 pages
...approves, XLlV. have heaped difgrace and misfortune upon us—that have 1 717brought ruin to our doors. This, my Lords^ is a perilous and tremendous moment...time for adulation. The fmoothnefs of flattery cannot now avail—- cannot fave us in thi» rugged and awful crifis. It is now neceflary to inftruft the...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 2

John Almon - Great Britain - 1793 - 542 pages
...eftccmcd for its accuracy. Cx!fvP> ' misfortune upon us-'-that have brought *^-P- ' ruin to our doors. This, my Lords, is a ' perilous and tremendous moment ! It is ' not a time for adulation. The fmooth* nefs of flattery cannot now avail — cannot ' fave us in this rugged and awful crifis. ' It...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1797 - 440 pages
...meafures which have heaped difgrace and misfortune upon us—which have brought ruin to our doors. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment!...time for adulation. The fmoothnefs of flattery cannot now avail—cannot fave us in this rugged and awful crifis. It is now neceffary to inflru6l the Throne...
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Miscellaneous Works of Hugh Boyd: The Author of the Letters of Junius, Volume 1

Hugh Boyd - Great Britain - 1800 - 638 pages
...monftrous meafures that have heaped difgrace and misfortune upon uS«that have brought ruin to our doors. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment !". It is not a time fof adulatidn ;— the fmoothnefs of flattery cannot now avail — cannot, fave us in this awful and...
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a compendious view of universal history

charles mayo, l.l.b. - 1804 - 570 pages
...address in answer to it. " I cannot, my " lords, join in congratulation on misfortune, and disgrace. This is a " perilous and tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The " smoothness of flattery cannot now avail—cannot save us in this rugged " and awful crisis. It is...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 2

Oratory - 1808 - 546 pages
...disappointments and defeats. I CANNOT, my lords, I WILL NOT join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of lattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...and endeavours to sanctify the monstrous measures which have heaped disgrace and misfortune upon us. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment ! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail ; cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 380 pages
...measures which have heaped disgrace and misfortune upon us — which have brought ruin to our doors. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail— cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 2

John Almon - 1810 - 378 pages
...measures which have heaped disgrace and misfortune upon us— which have brought ruin to our doors. This, my Lords, is a' perilous and tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail— cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now...
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