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" He rose slowly from his seat : he left the woolsack with deliberation ; but he went not to the nearest place, like ordinary Chancellors, the sons of mortal men ; he drew back by a pace or two, and, standing as it were askance, and partly behind the huge... "
Law and Lawyers: Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches - Page 38
by David Laing Purves - 2006 - 154 pages
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Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of ..., Volume 1

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - France - 1839 - 460 pages
...perilous to question. Nay, to the more trivial circumstance of his place, when addressing the House of Lords, he scrupulously attended. He rose slowly from...in which they who keep the consciences of Kings are somewhat apt to indulge. It is obvious that to give any examples that could at all convey an idea of...
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The Christian Review, Volume 4

Baptists - 1839 - 656 pages
...perilous to question. Nay, to the more trivial circumstance of his place, when addressing the House of Lords, he scrupulously attended. He rose slowly from...in which they who keep the consciences of kings are somewhat apt to indulge." In contrast with this description we would present the following description...
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Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III.

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1839 - 488 pages
...perilous to question. Nay, to the more trivial circumstance of his place, when addressing the House of Lords, he scrupulously attended. He rose slowly from...in which they who keep the consciences of kings are somewhat apt to indulge. It is obvious that to give any examples that could at all convey an idea of...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1839 - 658 pages
...the model of another that shall be nameless. Thurlow is the personage thus sketched : — " He rosed slowly from his seat : he left the woolsack with deliberation...in which they who keep the consciences of kings are somewhat apt to indulge." None of the new portraits have interested us so much as that of Lord North,...
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Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of ..., Volume 1

Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1839 - 232 pages
...two, and standing as it were askance, and Eartly behind the huge bale he had quitted for a season, e began to pour out, first in a growl, and then in a...in which they who keep the consciences of Kings are somewhat apt to indulge. It is obvious that to give any examples that could at all convey an idea of...
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The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs, Volume 1

John Timbs - 1839 - 446 pages
...a pace or two, and, standing as it were askance, and partly behind the huge bale he had quitted tor a season, he began to pour out, first in a growl,...some sarcasms at classes, some sentences pronounced npon individuals as if they were standing before him for judgment, some vague mysterious threats of...
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Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of ..., Volume 1

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1842 - 360 pages
...a pace or two, and standing as it were askance, and partly behind the huge bale he had quitted fora season, he began to pour out, first in a growl, and...in which they who keep the consciences of Kings are somewhat apt to indulge. It is obvious that to give any examples that could at all convey an idea of...
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The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1846 - 708 pages
...back by a pace or two, and ™ standing as it were askance, and partly behind the huge bale LordT. ° he had quitted for a season, he began to pour out,...as if they were standing before him for judgment, Borne vague mysterious threats of things purposely not expressed, and abundant protestations of conscience...
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 536 pages
...pace or two, and, standing as it were askance, and partly behind the huge bale he had quitted for the season, he began to pour out, first in a growl, and...in which they who keep the consciences of Kings are somewhat apt to indulge."f Butler, who had often heard him, ascribes to him a finesse which I should...
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Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III.

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - France - 1853 - 502 pages
...perilous to question. Nay, to the more trivial circumstance of his place, when addressing the House of Lords, he scrupulously attended. He rose slowly from...protestations of conscience and duty, in which they who keep-the consciences of Kings are somewhat apt to indulge. It is obvious that to give any examples...
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