Before they had fairly mastered one argument, the jury were hurried on to another.

Mr.Ramsey is by no means incapable of making a forcible speech, and I think he should have trusted to his power of improvisation.

There was no need for a long effort.

He might have concentrated himself on a few salient points of our defence, and pressed them on the jury with all his might.

His own sentiments, naturally expressed, in homely language, would have had a greater effect than any literary composition.