 ... of an audience. The commissioner represented to the mob that his Highness was made neither of steel nor of granite, and was at length worn out by the fatigues of the day. But to this every man answered that what he had to say would be finished in...  The Logic of Political Economy, and Other Papers - Page 317by Thomas De Quincey - 1859 - 387 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English fiction - 1824 - 488 pages
...whole town kept crowding to the Commissioner's house, and pressing for the honour of an audi-jnce. The Commissioner represented to the mob that his highness...and could not add much to the Prince's fatigue; and all kept their ground before the house as firm as a wall. In this emergency the Count Fitz-Hum resorted... | |
 | English fiction - 1824 - 486 pages
...house, and pressing for the honour of an audience. The Commissioner represented to the mob that hi* highness was made neither of steel nor of granite,...and could not add much to the Prince's fatigue ; and all kept their ground before the house as firm as a wall. In this emergency the Count Fitz-Hum resorted... | |
 | American periodicals - 1832 - 598 pages
...corporate bodies were now despatched ; but such was the report of the prince's gracious affahility, that the whole town kept crowding to the commissioner's...answered, that what he had to say would be finished in tivo words, and could not add much to the prince's fatigue ; and all kept their ground before the house... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 476 pages
...affability, that the whole town kept crowding to the commissioner's house, and pressing for the honour of an audience. The commissioner represented to the...length worn out by the fatigues of the day. But to this ever) man answered, that what he had to say would be finished in two words, and could not add much... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1859 - 396 pages
...complained that Providence had in vain endowed leather with the valuable property of perishableness, if the selfishness of the iron trade were allowed...the day. But to this every man answered, that what Tie had to say would be finished in two words, and could not add much to the Prince's fatigue ; and... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Value - 1859 - 404 pages
...the first of whom offered to make the town conduits and sewers navigable, if Ids Highness w r ould " lend him a thousand pounds." The clergy of the city,...and could not add much to the Prince's fatigue ; and all kept their ground before the house as firm as a wall. In this emergency the Count Fitz-Hum resorted... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1859 - 412 pages
...delighted and elevated with hope. Possibly one part of his secret might lie in the peremptoryinjunction which he laid upon all the petitioners to observe...and could not add much to the Prince's fatigue ; and all kept their ground before the house as firm as a wall. In this emergency the Count Fitz-Hum resorted... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 364 pages
...affability, that the whole town kept crowding to the Commissioner's house, and pressing for the honour of an audience. The Commissioner represented to the...and could not add much to the Prince's fatigue; and all kept their ground before the house as firm as a wall. In this emergency the Count Fitz-Hum resorted... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 374 pages
...affability, that the whole town kept crowding to the Commissioner's house, and pressing for the honour of an audience. The Commissioner represented to the...and could not add much to the Prince's fatigue ; and all kept their ground before the house as firm as a wall. In this emergency the Count Fitz-Hum resorted... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 378 pages
...affability, that the whole town kept crowding to the Commissioner's house, and pressing for the honour of an audience. The Commissioner represented to the...answered, that what he had to say would be finished iu two words, and could not add much to the Prince's fatigue; and all kept their ground before the... | |
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