hary accomplishments, agreeable above all, by the silvery tones of en and ever after to have doubled er powers to win his way in the ir was Murray with his illustrious ient invitations to Pope's villa at , coming to Lincoln's Inn, would ophyte in the graces of oratory. ay a gay Templar having uncereay's rooms, surprised him in the 1 mirror, while Pope sat by in the There must have been someessing about the youth who could lious poet a warmth of affection ith in such a personage; nor did escent, but was prolonged till the genuineness was evinced by the offices of a generous and true supplies of Sc tributions to a coln's Inn. I engaged in im tions, personal had acquired success. Yet, cessful in an af preparation we do not wonder to qualified, when the opportunity e in the profession for which he ed an attachment. He appears ormed a settled resolve to attain an confer, and he panted for the might begin to scale the ladder. s were comparatively small. It of the Chief-Justices." had beauty, ac for a time inf To s Fro Plea But For Sha Toi Sigh Yet It b And The ones of oubled in the strious villa at pratory. in the y in the some o could ffection nor did till the by the and true onder to ed for the tributions to assist him while he was coln's Inn. It was not long before engaged in important cases of appea tions, personal character, and the re had acquired at the University, all success. Yet, in spite of his rising fa cessful in an affair of the heart. The had beauty, accomplishments, and bi and listened favourably to his suit, bu pecuniary considerations, refused th married her to a wealthy squire. Th for a time inflicted a deep wound; voured as best he might to cheer hi by addressing to him an imitation of of the First Book of Horace. The fo been often quoted :— If not so pleased, at council boar To see their judgments hang upon th From morn to night, at Senate, Rolls Plead much, read more, dine late, or But wherefore all this labour, all this For fame, for riches, for a noble wife Shall one whom native learning, birth To form, not to admire, but be admir Sigh, while his Chloe, blind to wit an Weds the rich dullness of some son of Yet time ennobles or degrades each l It brightened Craggs's, and may dark And what is fame? the meanest have The greatest can but blaze and pass a with success. He married a lady ments, and one whose love formed life crowned with honour, and in al to his fellow-countrymen. nsfield" was the epithet by which nen of his own generation, and lled him in the peculiar excelà the position he so long filled. ibutes paid to his genius, we find of the wisest and most renowned Not only did Pope celebrate ut the gentle Cowper wrote some ng the outrage committed by the e celebrated riots of 1780, when ble Chief-Justice was destroyed ble library of books and manuflames. Lord Mansfield's peris characteristically described by yley "The monument of Lord Flaxman is engaged, will, I dare of genius. Statuaries, as I have = one say, do not much trouble ss, else I would give much to be Flaxman the perfect idea I have he was forty years ago. He was handsome, and would expound tricacies of the law, or recapitu dence of a cause as long as from son in glowing matter. Mr. P ral, are beyon Only because t inflame or quie in that numer hear a pin fall that their matt than other peo dinary informa the House ex of the State, an rmed nd in which , and excel filled. we find owned lebrate e some by the , when estroyed manu I's per trouble a I have He was 66 and Mr. Murray: No man," says figure in this country but by Parliamen pends on your success as a speaker, a for it, that success turns much more matter. Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Murray, t ral, are beyond comparison the best Only because they are the best orators. inflame or quiet the House; they alo in that numerous and noisy assembly hear a pin fall while either of them is that their matter is better or their a than other people's? Does the Hou dinary information from them? Not the House expects pleasure from th attends; finds it, and therefore approv Bishop Hurd, after passing a fine e talents displayed by Lord Mansfield in of the State, and more especially "in of Justice, his peculiar province," add public senatorial character much resen sala, of whom Cicero says, addressing that for worth, honour, and a warm l hardly any one is comparable to M eloquence (in which he wonderfully eclipsed by those virtues; and even that faculty his superior good sense with so much care and skill hath he eld's administration, "the stream s from its own celestial source; to conceive it, even in his feigned mirer writes that his words might a;" and that, if the bolder metaI be anywhere justified, it might e roses." of the individual, drawn by consually more effective than those rom the relation of others. We e, the features and the tones conwith the language of the orator. sfield's advent excited a general eagerly to listen to him, as we various writers of the day. Once Circuit honoured by his presence, utmost curiosity was displayed to what results we learn from the The second judge only arrived le the superior stole into Leicessaddle-horse. Next morning, in all his splendour, and might > be Grace and Dignity personieye was strained, and every ear t of the court in due form had lordship only coldly got up and tain the grand jury were so well me, and co judge in Westmi "It would be |