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" The cause of Government was ably vindicated by Lord North, a statesman of spotless integrity, a consummate master of debate, who could wield with equal dexterity the arms of reason and of ridicule. He was seated on the Treasury bench between his Attorney... "
Memoirs of King George the Third, his life and reign - Page 205
by John Heneage Jesse - 1901
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...wield, with equal dexterity, the arms of reason and of ridicule. He was seated on the Treasury-bench between his Attorney and Solicitor General, the two...majestic sense of Thurlow, and the skilful eloquence of Wtdderburne. From the adverse side of the house an ardent and powerful opposition was supported, by...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 14

Autobiographies - 1830 - 336 pages
...treasury-bench between his attorney and solicitorgeneral, the two pillars of the law and state, magis wires qunm similes ; and the minister might indulge in a short...majestic sense of Thurlow, and the skilful eloquence of Wedderburne. From the adverse side of the house an ardent and powerful opposition was supported by...
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 9; Volume 27

Law - 1843 - 506 pages
...his seat on the treasury bench, as Gibbon informs us, " between his attorney and solicitor-general, the two pillars of the law and state, magis pares...majestic sense of Thurlow, and the skilful eloquence of Wedderburne." From the short specimen we have given of the notions he entertained on the subject of...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1837 - 882 pages
...prospect of the characters, views, and passions of the first men of the age. The cause of government was ably vindicated by Lord North, a statesman of...majestic sense of Thurlow, and the skilful eloquence of Wedderburne. From the adverse side of the house an ardent and powerful opposition was supported, by...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Memoirs of His Life and ...

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 pages
...prospect of the characters, views, and passions of the first men of the age. The cause of government was ably vindicated by Lord North, a statesman of...majestic sense of Thurlow, and the skilful eloquence of Wedderburne. From the adverse side of the house an ardent and powerful opposition was supported, by...
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The Quarterly review, Volume 82

1848 - 620 pages
...magit pares quam similes ; and the Minister might indulge in a short slumber, while he was upholdeu on either hand by the majestic sense of Thurlow and the skilful eloquence of Wedderburn.' — Gibbon. ' The Minister sat secure between his two brazen pillars, Jachin and Boaz, to guard the...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Selections from His Correspondence, and ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 486 pages
...prospect of the characters, views, and passions of the first men of the age. The cause of government was ably vindicated by Lord North, a statesman of...majestic sense of Thurlow, and the skilful eloquence of TVedderburne, From the adverse side of the house an ardent and powerful opposition was supported, by...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon, Esq: With Selections from His Correspondence, and ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - Historians - 1839 - 496 pages
...wield, with equal dexterity, the arms of reason and of ridicule. He was seated on the Treasury-bench between his Attorney and Solicitor General, the two...majestic sense of Thurlow, and the skilful eloquence of Wedderburne. From the adverse side of the house an ardent and powerful opposition was supported, by...
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Debates of the House of Commons in the Year 1774 on the Bill for Making More ...

Great Britain. Parliament, 1774. House of Commons - Canada - 1839 - 328 pages
...reason and ridicule. He was seated on the treasury-bench, between his attorney and solicitor-general, the two pillars of the law and state, magis pares...majestic sense of Thurlow, and the skilful eloquence of Wedderburne. From the adverse side of the House, an ardent and powerful opposition was supported by...
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Government of Canada. Debates ... in ... 1774, on the bill for making more ...

Parliament commons, proc - 1839 - 328 pages
...reason and ridicule. He was seated on the treasury-bench, between his attorney and solicitor-general, the two pillars of the law and state, magis pares...majestic sense of Thurlow, and the skilful eloquence of Wedderburne. From the adverse side of the House, an ardent and powerful opposition was supported by...
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