 | Charles Henri Schneider - 1875 - 328 pages
...Mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of their rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice ! BBOUQIUH. CLV. DEATH OF MORRIS. It was under the burning influence of revenge, that the wife of Macgregor... | |
 | 1875 - 648 pages
...Mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of their rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice !" Orators, like singers, are very fond of crowning their efforts with a grand flourish. In just the... | |
 | François Guizot - Great Britain - 1876 - 568 pages
...my humble supplications at the throne of mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people in a larger measure than the merits of its rulers...deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice." So much eloquence and oratorical passion, such vivid conviction on the part of the public, was calculated... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people in a larger measure than the merits of their / / ! Lam Reform. From Speech in the House of Commons, Feb. 7, 1838. The course is clear before us ; the... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 522 pages
...my humble supplications at the Throne of Mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of its rulers...deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice."* There was no more popular man in England than Brougham after the successful issue of the Queen's trial.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 pages
...my humble supplications at the Throne of Mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of its rulers...deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice."* There was no more popular man in England than Brougham after the successful issue of the Queen's trial.... | |
 | James De Mille - English language - 1878 - 618 pages
...Mercy that that mercy may be poured down upon the people in a larger measure than the merits of their rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice." 4th. Adoration. This belongs to the religious emotions, and is generally confined to their expression.... | |
 | Sir Spencer Walpole - Great Britain - 1878 - 704 pages
...Mercy that that mercy may be poured down upon the people in a larger measure than the merits of their rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice.' The effects of this magnificent peroration were prodigious. 'His arguments, his observations, his tones,... | |
 | Sir Spencer Walpole - Great Britain - 1879 - 786 pages
...Mercy that that mercy may be poured down upon the people in a larger measure than the merits of their rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice.' The effects of this magnificent peroration were prodigious. 'His arguments, his observations, his tones,... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - Great Britain - 1881 - 506 pages
...Mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of their rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice !' It Is impossible to believe that this tawdry rhetoric could have had much influence on the peers... | |
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... willed — that the Queen should be deprived of its solemn service. She has instead of that solemnity, the heartfelt prayers of the people. She wants no prayers of mine. But I do here pour forth my humble supplications at the Throne of Mercy, that... 
