... already known him to possess.' E His talents were so great, his writings so effective, and his influence so strong that the Whigs obtained for him (this, X w -we suppose, must have been in the Coalition Ministry) an J appointment as Commissioner of Bankrupts ...

... cannot but see that there were fault' of conduct on both sides, and that the ardent, but often not well-timed efforts of the Whigs to bring about organic reforms, were met by an ill-judged and harsh severity on the part of the then overbearing and narrow-minded ...