But while I expected, in this daring flight, his final ruin and fall, behold him rising still higher, and coming down souse upon both Houses of Parliament. Yes, he did make you his quarry, and you still bleed from the wounds of his talons. You crouched,... Reminiscences of Charles Butler ... - Page 89by Charles Butler - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Florence McWhorter Miller - 1927 - 218 pages
...read his attack upon the King, my blood ran cold. Nor has he dreaded the terrors of your brow, but he has attacked even you, he has, and I believe you...short, after carrying away our royal eagle in his pounces and dashing him against a rock, he has laid you prostrate. King, lords, and commons are but... | |
 | Oliver Elton - 1928 - 412 pages
...ruin and fall, behold him rising still higher, and coming down souse upon both houses of parliament. Yes, he did make you his quarry, and you still bleed...You crouched, and still crouch, beneath his rage. . . . King, Lords, and Commons are but sport for his fury. This is in Burke's full-blooded debating... | |
 | Oscar Jewell Harvey - 1909 - 728 pages
...ruin and fall, behold him rising still higher and coming down souse upon both Houses of Parliament. Yes, he did make you his quarry, and you still bleed from the wounds of his talons. You crouched, and you still crouch, beneath his rage. Nor has he dreaded the terrors of your brow, sir. He has attacked... | |
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