| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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