...It was out short by an irrepressible burst of laughter, and he concluded with the memorable words: 'I ' have begun several times many things, and I have...now, but the time will ' come when you will hear me.' When Woodfall told Sheridan, after hearing his maiden effort, that public speaking was not his line,...

...that was in him — " I have begun several times many things, and have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me." How true has been the prophecy ! But we know few things more painful than this scene, whose recollection...

...the shouts of laughter which drowned his sentences, — " I have begun several times many things, and have often succeeded at last. I shall sit down now, but the time will come when you WILL HEAR me !" This was looked on at the time as the empty boast of a conceited man — another flash in the pan...

...speech called forth only laughter and ridicule in the House. He closed it with these famous words : " I have begun several times many things, and I have...now, but the time will come when you will hear me." For two years he was silent, and when he again opened his mouth in Parliament his speech was listened...

...the well-known prophetic words, in a voice almost terrific, which rose high above the clamour : ' I sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.' " Peel, who rarely cheered, " greeted Mr. Disraeli's speech with a prodigality of applause." Lyndliur.<t...

...— " I have begun several times many things," said he, " and I have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me." Hansard concludes the report by stating that " the impatience of the house would not allow the honourable...

...was cut short by an irrepressible burst of laughter, and he concluded with the memorable words : ' is not its goal ; ' Dust thou art, to dust returnpth,' Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, When Woodfall told Sheridan, after hearing his maiden effort, that public speaking was not his line,...

...though it came from the lips of a political opponent." No cheer, however, followed; and he then added, " I am not at all surprised at the reception I have...many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will listen to me !" He sat down : Lord Stanley,...

...though it came from the lips of a political opponent." No cheer, however, followed; and he then added, " I am not at all surprised at the reception I have...many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will•come when you will listen to me." ' — pp. 250-252. Our author's...

...though it came from the lips of a political opponent." No cheer, however, followed; and he then added, " I am not at all surprised at the reception I have...many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will listen to me!" He sat down: Lord Stanley, on...