 | Abraham Hayward - Great Britain - 1874 - 456 pages
...the House of Lords, in December, 1718, it was very warmly opposed by Atterbury, who said, ' he had prophesied last winter this Bill would be attempted...he was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet.' Lord Coningsby rose immediately after the bishop, and remarked, that ' one of the right reverends had... | |
 | James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 706 pages
...the House of Lords, in December 1718, they were very warmly opposed by Atterbury, who said 'he had prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted...he was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet.' Lord Coningsby, who always spoke in a passion, rose immediately after the bishop, and remarked, that... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Biography - 1878 - 480 pages
...the House of Lords, in December, 1718, it was very warmly opposed by Atterbury, who said, ' he had prophesied last winter this Bill would be attempted...he was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet.' Lord Coningsby rose immediately after the bishop, and remarked, that ' one of the right reverends had... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - Anecdotes - 1880 - 838 pages
...to say in the House of Lords, while speaking on a certain bill then under discussion, that " he had prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session, and he was sorry to find ho had proved a true prophet." My Lord Coningsby, who spoke after the bishop, and always spoke in a... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - Eloquence - 1881 - 336 pages
...to say in the House of Lords, while speaking on a certain bill then under discussion, that " he had prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted...he was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet." Lord Coningsby, who followed the bishop, and always spoke in a passion, desired the House to remark... | |
 | Herman Diederik J. van Schevichaven - 1881 - 386 pages
...promoters of the bill were very warmly opposed by Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, who said " he had prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted...he was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet." Lord Coningsby, who always spoke in a passion, rose immediately after the bishop, and remarked that... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1881 - 290 pages
...House of Lords, in December 1718, it was very warmly opposed by Bishop Atterbury, who said " he had prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted...he was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet." Lord Coningsby rose immediately after the bishop, and remarked that " one of the right reverends had... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...to say in the House of Lords, while speaking on a certain bill then under discussion, that " he had prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session, and ho was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet." My Lord Coningsby, who spoke after the bishop,... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1882 - 780 pages
...to say in the House of Lords, while speaking of a certain BilI then under discussion, that ' he had prophesied last winter this Bill would be attempted in the present Session, «nd he was sorry to find he had proved a true prophet.' My Lord Coningsby, who spoke after the Bishop,... | |
 | Enchiridion - English wit and humor - 1884 - 288 pages
...Rochester, when a certain bill was brought into the House of Lords, said that he prophesied last winter that this bill would be attempted in the present session, and he was sorry to find that he had proved a true prophet. Lord Coningsby, who spoke after the bishop, and always spoke in... | |
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Lords, said, among other things, 'that he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session, and he was sorry to find that he had proved a true prophet. 
