 | England - 1847 - 798 pages
...entreating to decline the proposal, thekiiigsaiil emphatically " Put your hand upon your heart, mid ask yourself where I am to- turn for support, if you do not stand by me ? " Addington then honourably attempted once more to induce Pitt to be reconciled to the king's desire,... | |
 | George Pellew - 1847 - 536 pages
...and when he earnestly requested to be excused, the King said to him, in the most emphatic manner, " Lay your hand upon your heart, and ask yourself where...am to turn for support if you do not stand by me." And undoubtedly • Mr. Abbot's diary. this Was a question which the Speaker must have found it extremely... | |
 | George Pellew - 1847 - 542 pages
...and when he earnestly requested to be excused, the King said to him, in the most emphatic manner, " Lay your hand upon your heart, and ask yourself where...am to turn for support if you do not stand by me." And undoubtedly this was a question which the Speaker must have found it extremely difficult, if not... | |
 | George Pellew - Great Britain - 1847 - 542 pages
...and when he earnestly requested to be excused, the King said to him, in the most emphatic manner, " Lay your hand upon your heart, and ask yourself where...am to turn for support if you do not stand by me." And undoubtedly * Mr. Abbot's diary. this was a question which the Speaker must have found it extremely... | |
 | Scotland - 1847 - 806 pages
...conduct of the government. On his entreating to decline tho proposal, the klngsaid emphatically " Put your hand upon your heart, and ask yourself where...am to turn for support, if you do not stand by me ? " Aldington then honourably attempted once more to induce Pitt to be reconciled to the king's desire,... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 570 pages
...Majesty desired the Speaker to undertake the formation of a government, in these emphatic words: ' Lay your hand upon your heart, and ask yourself where ' I am to turn lor support, ir you do not stand by me.' Addington was not proof against confidence like this ; but... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1867 - 636 pages
...choose a more eligible minister. The King, however, would take no denial. " Lay your hand," he said, " upon your heart, and ask yourself where I am to turn for support if you do not stand by me." Addington, no doubt, was very awkwardly situated. Although diffidence was apparently not one of the... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Great Britain - 1878 - 596 pages
...intentions on the great question. This was on Saturday, January 31st. When the Speaker waited on the King by appointment that evening, after the arrival...Sunday, February 1st, that Mr. Dundas waited on him to endeavour to convey to him the minister's view of the matter in dispute: and it is believed to have... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Great Britain - 1878 - 602 pages
...intentions on the great question. This was on Saturday, January 31st. When the Speaker waited on the King by appointment that evening, after the arrival...Sunday, February 1st, that Mr. Dundas waited on him to endeavour to convey to him the minister's view of the matter in dispute : and it is believed to have... | |
 | George Lathom Browne - Great Britain - 1882 - 542 pages
...arrival, was desired to form a cabinet. On his begging to be excused, the king said, " Lay your hand on your heart, and ask yourself where I am to turn for support, if you don't stand by me.'' — Pellew's " Life of Lord Sidmouth," i. 385, and Abbot's Diary of the date.... | |
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Lay your hand upon your heart, and ask yourself where I am to turn for support if you do not stand by me. 
