 I thank God he did not so much as, offer at any proposal by way of accommodation, which was the thing I most dreaded ; only once, upon the mention of the Bishop of Oxford's indisposition, he said, smiling, ' If the Bishop of Oxford die, Dr. Hough may...  Magdalen College and King James II., 1686-1688 - Pagina 43door John Rouse Bloxam - 1886 - 292 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1812 - 708 pagina’s
...upon tbe mention of the Bishop of Oxford's indisposition, he said, smiling : ' If the Bishop of Oxford die,' Dr. Hough may be made bishop. What think you...that, gentlemen ? " Mr. Cradock answered, they should' bo heartily glad of it, for it would do very well with the presidentship.'* But I told him seriously,... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1850 - 794 pagina’s
...upon the mention of the Bishop of Oxford's indisposition, he said, smiling, ' If the Bishop of Oxford die, Dr. Hough may be made Bishop. What think you of that, gentlemen ?'"* " Mr. Macaulay makes his readers believe that the topies urged by Penn were urged to persuade them to compromise... | |
 | William Edward Forster - 1850 - 48 pagina’s
...upon the mention of the Bishop of Oxford's indisposition^ Jie said, smiling, ' If the Bishop of Oxford die, Dr. Hough may be made Bishop. What think you of that, gentlemeA ?' Mr. Cradock answered, 4 they should ]?e heartily glad of it, for it would do very well... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1851 - 520 pagina’s
...that, gentlemen ?" Cradock, one of the Fellows present, took up the tone of pleasantry, and replied, " they should be heartily glad of it — for it would do very well with the presidency." Does any one doubt that this was a mere pleasantry ? Observe, Penn had no commission to... | |
 | 1851 - 608 pagina’s
...remember and understand it. To quote his words — 'Once he said, smiling, If the Bishop of Oxford die, Dr. Hough may be made Bishop. What think you of that, gentlemen 'C Cradock, one of the Fellows present, took up the tone of pleasantry, and replied, ' they should... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1851 - 424 pagina’s
...remember and understand it. To quote his words — " Once he said, smiling, If the Bishop of Oxford die, Dr. Hough may be made Bishop. What think you of that, gentlemen ?" Cradock one of the Fellows present, took up the tone of pleasantry, and replied, " they should be... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 450 pagina’s
...upon the mention of the Bishop of Oxford's indisposition, he said, smiling, ' If the Bishop of Oxford die. Dr. Hough may be made Bishop. What think you of that, gentlemen ? ' " Can anything be clearer than that the latter part of the sentence limits the general assertion... | |
 | 1861 - 516 pagina’s
...Bishop of Oxford die, Dr. Hough may he made hishop. What think you of that, gentlemen ?' Mr. Craddock answered, they should be heartily glad of it ; for...I had no ambition above the post in which I was," &c. In this passage the second clause of the first sentence either contradicts or completes the one... | |
 | John Paget - 1861 - 422 pagina’s
...mention of the Bishop of Oxford's " indisposition, he said, smiling, ' If the Bishop " ' of Oxford die, Dr Hough may be made bishop. " ' What think you of that, gentlemen ? ' Mr " Craddock answered, they should be heartily " glad of it, for it would do very well with the " presidentship.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 462 pagina’s
...upon the mention of the Bishop of Oxford's indisposition, he said, smiling, ' If the Bishop of Oxford die, Dr. Hough may be made Bishop. What think you of that, gentlemen ? ' " Can anything be clearer than that the latter part of the sentence limits the general assertion... | |
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