... both being ladies, and both assuming the masculine name of George. One can tell, by the way, that the Tories are in and the Whigs out, by the absence of those slashers which Maga used every month to let fall on Mr. Gladstone's head. Fraser puts forth ...

... judgment seat. He had stored his mind with a pro- digious mass of varied facts, and all the narrow but precise wisdom of the Whigs lay at his command. He was also a born debater. And finally, he had the perfect command of a style which, if viciously artificial ...