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" ... that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask, " Sir, your name? Sir, you have the advantage of me;... "
The History of Party: From the Rise of the Whig and Tory Factions, in the ... - Page 87
by George Wingrove Cooke - 1837
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: A vindication of natural ...

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...ask, " Sir, your name ? — Sir, you have the advantage of me — Mr. Such-a-one — I beg a thousand pardons — " I venture to say, it did so happen,...how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truckle-bed.1 Sir, in conseqilence of this arrangement, having put so much the larger part of his enemies...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 18

History - 1778 - 626 pages
...of'me-^Mr. s'uch a one-^-I beg a thousand pardons — " 1 venture to say, it did so happen, that peísoris had a single office divided between them, Who had...found themselves, they knew not how, pigging together, head» and peint, in the same truckle-bed*. , Sir, In consequence of ¿his ar« rangement, 'having...
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 1

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 pages
...ask, " Sir, your name ?— : Sir you have the advantage of me.—Mr. Such-a-one,—I beg a thousand pardons." I venture to say, it did so happen, that...together, heads and points, in the same truckle-bed.' * The pi6hire of Charles Townshend is just, discriminative, animated, and strong. He is drawn a man...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 520 pages
...ask, " Sir, your name ? — Sir, you have the advantage of me — Mr. Such-a-one — I beg a thousand pardons — " I venture to say, it did so happen,...together, heads and points, in the same truckle-bed.* Sir, in consequence of this arrangement, having put so much^he larger part of his enemies and opposers...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 522 pages
...name ? — Sir, you have the advantage of me — Mr. Such-a-one — I beg a thousand pardons — " 1 venture to say, it did so happen, that persons had...between them, who had never spoke to each other in their fives ; until they found themselves, they knew not how, pigging together, heads and points, in the...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...ask, " Sir, your name ? — Sir, you have the advantage of me — Mr. Such-a-one — I beg a thousand pardons." I venture to say, it did so happen, that...how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truckle bed.* * Supposed to allude to the right honourable lord North, and George Cooke, Esq. who were...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...ask, " Sir, your name ? — Sir, you have the advantage of me — Mr. Such-a-one — I beg a thousand pardons." I venture to say, it did so happen, that...how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truckle bed.* * Supposed to allude to the right honourable lord North, and George Cooke, Esq. who were...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 3

John Almon - 1810 - 436 pages
...to ask, "Sir, your name ?—Sir, you have the advantage of me— Mr. Such-a-one—I beg a thousand pardons."— I venture to say, it did so happen, that...how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truklebed*. * Supposed to allude to the Right Hon. Lord North, and George Cooke, Esq. who were made...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 3

John Almon - 1810 - 404 pages
...ask, " Sir, your name ? — Sir, you have the advantage of me — Mr. Such-a-one — I beg a thousand pardons." — I venture to say, it did so happen,...how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truklebed*. * Supposed to allude to the Right Hon. Lord North, and George Cooke, Esq. who were made...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 7

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 508 pages
...to say, it did so happen that persons had a single office divided between them who had never spoken to each other in their lives, until they found themselves,...together, heads and points, in the same truckle-bed." An administration, of which he had this opinion, was not likely to proceed uncensured ; particularly,...
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