 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 440 pages
..." The next time Mr. Selwyn calls," he said, " show him up : — if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him, and if I am dead he will be glad to see me." And yet this was the same individual who delighted in the first words, and in the sunny looks of childhood... | |
 | 1843 - 574 pages
..." The next time Mr. Selwyn calls," he said, " show him up : — if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him, and if I am dead he will be glad to see me." There are but very few features or passages in Selwyn's own life that can be regarded as worthy of... | |
 | LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS - 1844 - 652 pages
...who was dying. ' The next time Mr Selwyn calls, show " him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him; and if ' I am dead, he will be glad to see me.' Lord Holland was not the only statesman of the period who could joke under such circumstances. Mr Legge... | |
 | 1844 - 702 pages
...who was dying. ' The next time Mr Selwyn calls, show ' him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him; and if ' I am dead, he will be glad to see me.' Lord Holland was not the only statesman of the period who could joke under such circumstances. Mr Legge... | |
 | Bernard Burke - 1853 - 342 pages
...he replied, " The next time that Mr. Selwyn calls, show him up ; if I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him ; and if I am dead he will be glad to see me." Thus, too, Horace Wai pole, in a letter to Sir Horace Mann, " This old Craggs— who was angry with... | |
 | 1853 - 536 pages
...first Lord Holland, as he lay grievously sick, " show ' him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him, and if ' I am dead, he will be glad to see me." We do not know how many executions Selwyn saw, but he must have seen many. Ram Kisto Chatterjya was... | |
 | 1853 - 530 pages
...first Lord Holland, as he lay grievously sick, " show ' him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him, and if ' I am dead, he will be glad to see me." We do not know howmany executions Selwyn saw, but he must have seen many. Ram Kisto Chatterjya was... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 454 pages
...death-bed, said to his servant : " Next time Mr. Selwyn calls, by all means show " him up. If I am alive, I shall be glad to see him, and " if I am dead, he will be glad to see me ! " In the eighteenth century, as in the darker ages, objects of horror were displayed without scruple... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 458 pages
...death-bed, said to his servant: "Next time Mr. Selwyn calls, by all means show " him up. If I am alive, I shall be glad to see him, and " if I am dead, he will be glad to see me ! " In the eighteenth century, as in the darker ages, objects of horror were displayed without scruple... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1854 - 456 pages
...death-bed, said to his ser-. vant: "Next time Mr. Selwyn calls, by all means show " him up. If I am alive, I shall be glad to see him, and " if I am dead, he will be glad to see me ! " In the eighteenth century, as in the darker ages, objects of horror were displayed without scruple... | |
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The next time Mr. Selwyn calls, show him up. If I am alive, I shall be delighted to see him ; and if I am dead, he will be glad to see me. 
