 | John Styles, Roger Therry - 1830 - 466 pages
...to say so much abont him. He isa fly in amber ; nobody cares abont the fly : the only question \з, how the devil did it get there ? Nor do I attack him from the love ol glory, bul from theloveof ntility, asaburgoui ister hunts a rat in a Dntch dyke, for fear it shonld... | |
 | 1832 - 616 pages
...assailant a Roland for his Oliver. One of his anonymous adversaries, at this period, alludes to him in the following terms : — " It is only his public...fly ; the only question is, how the devil did it get tnere ? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1836 - 348 pages
...his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation of this gentleman, that intitles me, or induces me, to say so much about him : he is a...nobody cares about the fly ; the only question is, how did it get there? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility ; as a burgomaster... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...organs.— Walker. Ludicrous Comparison. — The Rev. Sydney Smith compared Mr. Canning in office to a fly in amber : " nobody cares about the fly; the...question is, how the devil did it get there ? Nor do 1 attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster hunts a rat in... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1845 - 496 pages
...sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman holds which entitles me or induces me to say so much about him. He is a fly...How the Devil did it get there ? Nor do I attack him for the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster hunts a rat in a Dutch dyke,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1845 - 682 pages
...the Catholic claims. " It is only the public situation which this gentleman holds which entitles me, or induces me, to say so much about him. He is a fly...the fly : the only question is, How the devil did he get there? Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 500 pages
...his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation of this gentleman, that intitles me, or induces me, to say so much about him : he is a...nobody cares about the fly; the only question is, how did he get there? nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility ; as a burgomaster... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 pages
...tedious." LUDICROUS ESTIMATE OF MR. CANNING. THE Rev. Sydney Smith compares Mr. Canning in office to a fly in amber : " nobody cares about the fly : the...is, how the devil did it get there ?" " Nor do I," continues Smith, " attack him for the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1852 - 246 pages
...sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman holds which entitles mo or induces me to say so much about him. He is a fly...the only question is, How the devil did it get there ? Jvor do I attack him for the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster hunts... | |
 | 1850 - 216 pages
...COMPAEISON. — The Rev. Sydney Smith, comparing Mr. Canning in office to a fiy in amber, says : — " Nobody cares about the fly : the only question is, How the devil did it get there I Nor do I attack him from the love of glory, but from the love of utility, as a burgomaster hunts... | |
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Ireland by the resources of his sense and his discretion. It is only the public situation which this gentleman holds which entitles me or induces me to say so much about him. He is a fly in amber, nobody cares about the fly ; the only- question is, How... 
