...America. He then proceeded to address their lordships in the following striking language : — " I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still...voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and noble monarchy. Pressed down as I am by the load of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country...

...against the measure now recommended, as one tending to the national disgrace. "I rejoice," said he, " that I am still alive, to lift up my voice against the dismemherment of this ancient and most nohle monarchy." After lamenting the state to which the ill-concerted...

...indignation I feel at an idea which I understand has gone forth of yielding up the sovereignty of America. I rejoice, my lords, that the grave has not closed...of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country at this perilous conjuncture ; but, my lords, while I have sense and memory, I will never consent to...

...indignation I feel at an idea which I understand has gone forth of yielding up the sovereignty of America. I rejoice, my lords, that the grave has not closed...of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country at this perilous conjuncture; but, my lords, while I have sense and memory, I will never consent to...

...in his earlier ones :— " My Lords," he said in his last speech, on the 7th April '78, " I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still...infirmity, I am little able to assist my country in this moat perilous conjuncture ; but, my lords, while I have sense and memory, I will never consent to deprive...

...which he understood was gone forth, of yielding up the sovereignty of America ! " My lords, I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me ; that I am...and most noble monarchy. Pressed down as I am by the load of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture; but, my...

...which he understood was gone forth, of yielding up the sovereignty of America ! " My lords, I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me ; that I am...and most noble monarchy. Pressed down as I am by the load of infirmity, I am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture; but, my...

...following passage : ' " I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that 1 am still alive to lift my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient...and most noble monarchy. Pressed down, as I am, by infirmity, I am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture ; but I never will...

...shall I forget the nervous and energetic tone in which he delivered the following passage: '"I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive to lift my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy. Pressed down, as I am,...

...shall I forget the nervous and energetic tone, in which he delivered the following passage: " I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me, that I am still alive to lift my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient, and most noble, monarchy. Pressed down, as I am,...