 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1798 - 528 Seiten
...in this country who more than another fhould mourn for the country, it was the prefenti—he (hould come down to the Houfe clothed in fackcloth and a(hes,...bring down to that Houfe fuch a propofition as the prefcnt. He then adverted to the circumftance of there being no official communication to the Houfe... | |
 | 1799 - 958 Seiten
...for the country, it was the prefent : he fhould come to the houfe clothed in fickcloth and aflies, to find himfelf obliged, in the fifth year of the...hundred millions of money, to bring down to that houfe fiich a propofition as the prefent. He then adverted to the circumfhince of there being no official... | |
 | 1805 - 664 Seiten
...come down to the house clothed in sackcloth and ashes, to find public affairs in such a critical state in the fifth year of the war, and after an expenditure of about two hundred millions of money." On the meeting of parliament, however, he most cheerfully acquiesced... | |
 | 1805 - 676 Seiten
...come down to the house clothed in sackcloth and ashes, to find public affairs in such a critical state in the fifth year of the war, and after an expenditure of about two hundred millions of money." On the meeting of parliament, however, he most cheerfully acquiesced... | |
 | 1809 - 954 Seiten
...country, it was the present : he should come to the house clothed in sackcloth and ashes, to find himself obliged, in the fifth year of the war, and after an...two hundred millions of money, to bring down to that house such a proposition as the present. He then adverted to the circumstance of there being no official... | |
 | 1831 - 526 Seiten
...come down to the House clothed in sackcloth and ashes, to find public affairs in such a critical state in the fifth year of the war, and after an expenditure of about two hundred millions of money." On the meeting of Parliament, however, towards the close of the... | |
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... Jamaica, relative to the transportation of the Maroons ; and in the summer of the same year, in consequence of the melancholy aspect of affairs in Ireland, he declared, " that the minister ought to come down to the house clothed in sackcloth and ashes,... 