 I shall live to get out of this most cursed of all situations, and most repugnant to my feelings. How I long to kick those whom my public duty obliges me to court ! If I did not hope to get out of this country, I should most earnestly pray for immediate...  Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis - Page 101by Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1867 - 496 pages
...wish of my life to avoid all this dirty business ; and I am now involved in it beyond all bearing. . . How I long to kick those whom my public duty obliges me to court !" It has been alleged that at this time there were also large payments of money, or, in plain words,... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ireland - 1871 - 388 pages
...trust that I shall live to get out of this most cursed of all situations, and most repugnant to my feelings. How I long to kick those whom my public duty obliges me to court ! ' ' My occupation is now of the most unpleasant nature, negotiating and jobbing with the most corrupt... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ireland - 1871 - 382 pages
...trust that I shall live to get out of this most cursed of all situations, and most repugnant to my feelings. How I long to kick those whom my public duty obliges me to court ! ' ' My occupation is now of the most unpleasant nature, negotiating and jobbing with the most corrupt... | |
 | Martin Haverty - Ireland - 1872 - 794 pages
...I trust I shall live to get out of this most cursed of all situations, and most repugnant to —my feelings. How I long to kick those whom my public duty obliges me to court!" And, again, addressing the same friend on the 8th of June, 1799, he writes: " My occupation is now... | |
 | William John Fitz-Patrick - Ireland - 1872 - 412 pages
...from Ogilvie's eyes as he grasped Lord Edward's hand."— Traditions of the Moore Family. And again: "How I long to kick those whom my public duty obliges me to court ! " It may be premised that " Mac" is Leonard MacNally, the legal adviser and advocate of the United... | |
 | Universalism - 1875 - 534 pages
...from a letter of Lord Cornwallis, the same who surrendered at Yorktown, now Viceroy of Ireland : " I long to kick those whom my public duty obliges me to court. My occupation is to negotiate and job with the most corrupt people under heaven. I despise and hate... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - English periodicals - 1888 - 540 pages
...trust that I shall live to get out of this most cursed of all situations, and most repugnant to my feelings. How I long to kick those whom my public...court. If I did not hope to get out of this country, I would most earnestly pray for immediate death. 'How does Dr. Ingram get over an acknowledgment of this... | |
 | Alfred Webb - Ireland - 1878 - 616 pages
...trust that I shall live to get out of this most cursed of all situations, and most repugnant to my feelings. How I long to kick those whom my public...I should most earnestly pray for immediate death." (igth June.) " Nothing but » conviction that a union is absolutely necessary for the safety of the... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1879 - 550 pages
...the wish of my life to avoid all this dirty business ; and I am now involved in it beyond all bearing How I long to kick those whom my public duty obliges me to court ! ' It has been alleged that at this time there were also large payments of money, or, in plain words,... | |
 | Charles George Walpole - Ireland - 1882 - 668 pages
...ever. I trust I shall live to get out of this most accursed of all situations, and most repugnant to my feelings. How I long to kick those whom my public duty obliges me to court!" It is sad to think to what vile uses so gallant a soldier was put. Lord Castlereagh does not appear... | |
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