 The contempt of that largeminded gentleman is so wilting; his haughty disdain, his grandiloquent swell, his majestic, supereminent, overpowering, turkey-gobbler strut has been so crushing to myself and all the members of this House, that I know it was...  The civil war and our own times - Page 294by Henry William Elson - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Theron Clark Crawford - 1893 - 682 pages
...War." Here Mr. Elaine, instead of addressing the Speaker, turned to Mr. Conkling himself as he said : "As to the gentleman's cruel sarcasm, I hope he will...haughty disdain, his grandiloquent swell, his majestic over-powering turkey-gobbler strut has been so crushing to myself and to all the members of the House,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath, Selden Connor - 1893 - 520 pages
...was an expert, he hoped that he would not be too severe in that mode of handling his innocent self. ' The contempt of that large-minded gentleman is so...turkey-gobbler strut has been so crushing to myself and all members of this House, that I know it was an act of the greatest temerity for me to venture upon... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath, Selden Connor - 1893 - 518 pages
...was an expert, he hoped that he would not be too severe in that mode of handling his innocent self. ' The contempt of that large-minded gentleman is so...turkey-gobbler strut has been so crushing to myself and all members of this House, that I know it was an act of the greatest temerity for me to venture upon... | |
 | James Barnet Fry - 1893 - 358 pages
...course. Be'rore the day's debate closed Mr. Elaine answered Mr. Conkling [see Appendix B], saying: " As to the gentleman's cruel sarcasm, I hope he will not be too severe. Contempt of that large-minded gentleman is so wilting, his haughty disdain, his grandiloquent swell,... | |
 | James Barnet Fry - 1893 - 360 pages
...course. Before the day's debate closed Mr. Elaine answered Mr. Conkling [see Appendix B], saying : " As to the gentleman's cruel sarcasm, I hope he will not be too severe. Contempt of that large-minded gentleman is so wilting, his haughty disdain, his grandiloquent swell,... | |
 | James Barnet Fry - 1893 - 356 pages
...course. Before the day's debate closed Mr. Blaine answered Mr. Conkling [see Appendix B], saying: •' As to the gentleman's cruel sarcasm, I hope he will not be too severe. Contempt of that large-minded gentleman is so wilting, his haughty disdain, his grandiloquent swell,... | |
 | Edward Lillie Pierce - 1893 - 694 pages
...turned the House into a bear-garden, finally provoking Mr. Blaine to speak of his " cheap swagger," his " haughty disdain, his grandiloquent swell, his...super-eminent, overpowering turkey-gobbler strut." l His subsequent quarrels with three Presidents (Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur), his melodramatic resignation... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - 1895 - 808 pages
...gentleman from Maine might be saying by writing busily, there came one swift downpour of scorn for scorn. "As to the gentleman's cruel sarcasm, I hope he will...turkey-gobbler strut, has been so crushing to myself and all the members of this House, that I know it was an act of the greatest temerity for me to venture... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - 1895 - 1130 pages
...gentleman from Maine might be saying by writing busily, there came one swift downpour of scorn for scorn. " As to the gentleman's cruel sarcasm, I hope he will...turkey-gobbler strut, has been so crushing to myself and all the members of this House, that I know it was an act of the greatest temerity for me to venture... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1897 - 832 pages
...political annals that characterization of Conkling which cost him the nomination of 1876 (p. 174) : "The contempt of that large-minded gentleman is so...turkey-gobbler strut has been so crushing to myself and all the members of this House that I know it was an act of the greatest temerity for me to venture... | |
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