 I was taken to see the place where the two rivers meet, — the one gentle, feeble, languid, and, though languid, yet of no depth, the other a boisterous and impetuous torrent ; but different as they are, they meet at last.  Thackeray's History of the Earl of Chatham - עמוד 171מאת Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1834 - 37 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1834 - 596 דפים
...House of Commons ; and Sir Thomas was pensioned off on the Irish establishment. In November 1 755, the Houses met. Public expectation was wound up to...where the two rivers meet — the one gentle, feeble, lan' guid, and, though languid, yet of no depth, the other a boiste' rous and impetuous torrent ; but... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 288 דפים
...Stephen's. In the course of his impetuous philippic he compared the coalition of Fox and Newcastle to the junction of the Rhone and the Saone: " At Lyons,"...where the two rivers meet : the one gentle, feeble, and languid, yet of no depth, — the other a boisterous and impetuous torrent ; but different as they... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1838 - 680 דפים
...Newcastle, he compared it to the junction of the Rhone and the Saone. " At Lyons" said he, " I remember I was taken to see the place " where the two rivers meet ; the one a gentle, feeble, VOL. III. E C II A P. " languid stream, and though languid, of no depth ; t " the... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1838 - 672 דפים
...Newcastle, he compared it to the junction of the Rhone and the Saone. " At Lyons" said he, " I remember I was taken to see the place " where the two rivers meet; the one a gentle, feeble, VOL. III. E CHAP. " languid stream, and though languid, of no depth ; . " the other... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1841 - 464 דפים
...Newcastle, he compared it to the junction of the Rhone and Saonc : "At Lyons," said he, "I remember I was taken to see " the place where the two rivers meet; the one a gentle, feeble, " languid stream, and though languid, of no depth ; the other a " boisterous and... | |
 | 1872 - 862 דפים
...junction made famous by the comparison to the junction of the Rhone and the Saone. " At Lyons," said Pitt, "I was taken to see the place where the two rivers...torrent, but different as they are, they meet at last." From the accession of the House of Hanover till within living memory, the two Houses hardly ever differed... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1844 - 608 דפים
..." and Saone, — the one a gentle, feeble, languid " stream, and though languid of no depth f, — the " other a boisterous and impetuous torrent, — but " different as they are they meet at last, — and " long," he added with bitter irony, " long may they " continue united to the comfort of each... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 דפים
..." and Saone, — the one a gentle, feeble, languid " stream, and though languid of no depth f , — the " other a boisterous and impetuous torrent, — but " different as they are they meet at last, — and " long," he added with bitter irony, "long may they " continue united to the comfort of each... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1845 - 788 דפים
...the conflux of the Rhone and Soane, — the one a gentle, feeble, languid stream, and though languid, of no depth ;* the other, a boisterous and impetuous...torrent: but different as they are, they meet at last — and long/ he added, with bitter irony, ' long may they continue united, to the comfort of each... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 דפים
...Walpole and Carteret, were now displayed in their highest perfection before an audience long accustomed eatedly spoke with reverence of the " triple bond." This negotiation raised the fa dif! ferent as they are, they meet at last." Th« I amendment moved by {he Opposition was re| jected... | |
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