 Gentlemen, we may hope to see for the first time in Parliament a party perfectly harmonious and distinguished by mutual and unbroken trust. But there is one difficulty which it is impossible to remove. This party of two reminds me of the Scotch terrier,...  A History of Modern England - Page 26by Herbert Woodfield Paul - 1905Full view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1872 - 862 pages
...Horsman said : " 'I his party of two reminds me of the Scotch terrier, which was во covered with hair 'that you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail of it." His eloquence is more convincing than persuasive; and the House of Commons for many years rarely... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Great Britain - 1874 - 434 pages
...Mr. Horsman, said : ' This party of two reminds me of the Scotch terrier, which was so covered with hair that you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail of it.' His epithets are as adhesive as Mr. Disraeli's ; as when he termed that right honourable gentleman... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1866 - 1166 pages
...which it s impossible to remove. This party of two is like the Scotch terrier that was so covered with hair that you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail. The right hon. Member for Calno told us that he had some peculiar election experiences. There are men... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1867 - 736 pages
...difficulty which it is impossible to remove. This party of two is like the Scotch terrier, so covered with hair that you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail. The right hon. member for Calne told us that he had some peculiar election experiences. There are some... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1867 - 732 pages
...difficulty which it is impossible to remove. This party of two is like the Scotch terrier, so covered with hair that you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail. The right hon. member for Calne told us that he had some peculiar election experiences. There are some... | |
 | Great Britain - 1868 - 660 pages
...impossible lo remove. This party of two reminds me of the Scotch terrier, which was so uovered with hair that you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail of it." The last sample shall bo the peroration of a speech on Mr. Maguire's motion for a committee... | |
 | John Bright - Great Britain - 1869 - 594 pages
...impossible to remove. This party of two reminds me of the Scotch terrier, which was so covered with hair that you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail of it. The right hon. Member for Calne told us that he had some peculiar election experiences. There... | |
 | Theology - 1869 - 404 pages
...difficulty which it is impossible to ignore, as in the case of a Scotch terrier, which is so covered with hair that you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail." (Shouts of laughter). And a little further on he spoke of Messrs. Lowe and Marsh having been Australian... | |
 | Charles Kent - Cabinet officers - 1869 - 358 pages
...difficulty, which it is impossible to ignore, as in the Scotch terrier which is so covered with hair, you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail.' As unhesitatingly we would now, on the other hand, maintain that there is no member of the House of... | |
 | National education league - 232 pages
...celebrated statesmen in the House of Commons, that they were represented by a terrier dog, and that one could not tell which was the head and which was the tail. These gentlemen stood almost alone. The CHAIRMAN then said it remained only for him now to thank those... | |
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