 | William Carpenter - 1837 - 894 sider
...say aye." The affirmative was languid but indisputable — another momentary pause ensued — agnin his lips seemed to decline their office : at length,...fatal sentence was now pronounced — for an instant lip stood statuelike ; then indignantly, and with disgust, flung the Bill upon the table, and sunk... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1845 - 576 sider
...as are of opinion that THIS BILL do pass, say aye.' The affirmative was languid but indisputable — another momentary pause ensued — again his lips...an instant he stood statue-like, then indignantly flung the bill upon the table, and sunk into his chair." CHAPTER XXXVI. SUMMARY Of THE OPINIONS IN... | |
 | Sir Jonah Barrington - 1848 - 494 sider
...many as are of opinion that THIS BILL do pass, say aye." The affirmative was languid but indisputable, another momentary pause ensued, again his lips seemed...statue-like ; then indignantly, and with disgust, flung theBill upon the table, and sunk into his chair with an exhausted spirit. An independent country was... | |
 | 1852 - 892 sider
...are of opinion that this bill do pass, say aye.' The affirmative was languid, but indisputable — another momentary pause ensued — again his lips seemed to decline their office : at fength, with an eye averted from the object which he hated, he proclaimed, with a subdued voice, '... | |
 | Thomas Francis Meagher - 1853 - 382 sider
...ensued, again his lips seemed to decline thcir office ; at length, with an eye averted from the objeet he hated, he proclaimed with a subdued voice , —...pronounced — for an instant he stood statue-like ; then indignant, and with disgust, flung the bill upon the table, and sunk into the chair, with an exhausted... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1854 - 552 sider
...as are of opinion that THIS BILL do pass, say aye.' The affirmative was languid but indisputable — another momentary pause ensued — again his lips...an instant he stood statue-like, then indignantly flung the bill npon the table, and sunk into his chair." CHAPTER XXXVI. SUMMARY OF THK OPINIONS IN... | |
 | sir John Thomas Gilbert - 1859 - 408 sider
...are of opinion that this Bill do pass, say Aye.' The affirmative was languid, but indisputable — another momentary pause ensued — again his lips...and with disgust, flung the Bill upon the table, and sank into his chair, with an exhausted spirit." The last meeting of the Parliament in College-green... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 750 sider
...passed. ' The fatal sentence,' concludes Sir Jonah, ' was now pronounced. For an instant he (the Speaker) stood statue-like; then indignantly and with disgust flung the Bill upon the table, and sank into his chair with an exhausted spirit. An independent country was thus degraded into a province—Ireland,... | |
 | 1859 - 650 sider
...passed. ' The fatal sentence,' concludes Sir Jonah, ' was now pronounced. For an instant he (the Speaker) stood statue-like ; then indignantly and with disgust flung the Bill upon the table, and sank into his chair with an exhausted spirit. An independent country was thus degraded into a province... | |
 | 1859 - 578 sider
...passed. 'The fatal sentence,' concludes Sir Jonah, ' was now pronounced. For an instant he (the Speaker) stood statue-like ; then indignantly and with disgust flung the Bill upon the table, and sank into his chair with an exhausted spirit. An independent country was thus degraded into a province... | |
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The affirmative was languid but indisputable, another momentary pause ensued, again his lips seemed to decline their office : at length, with an eye averted from the object which he hated, he proclaimed, with a subdued voice, 
