... choicest spirits of what was then the choicest literary society of Edinburgh. He cast in his lot with the young men who professed Whig politics, and was Conse- quently less familiar with Scott and his immedile associates than with grave, statistical Francis ...

... spirits of what was then the chloicest literary society of E dinburglh. He cast in his lot with the youllg men who professed Whig politics, aild was conse. quently less familiar with Scott and his immediate associates thall with grave, statistical Francis ...

... his former clients. Ha had in 1810 entered Parlia. tl moot for the burgh of Camel ford, and at once ranged him- self with the Whig opposition. In 1811 he carried the oni bill which declared participation in the slave trade a t felony, and thereby put an ...

... :time his lordship ha 'continued: td' hold 'an indepenident; ?? in the Upper.Xonse; freely riticising the political measures of Whig and Tory governments alike but paying constant and careful attention to the legal busiesol h 'House as one of 'the ~law lords ...