They forewarned, counselled and remonstrated during the time that intervened; and several members of the House, including Mr.O'Connell, urged Mr.
O'Brien to give way.

He refused, determinedly, and it may be supposed not the less sternly, when he found, among those who advised him to falsify his solemn promise, the man upon whose authority and through whose influence he had made it.

The result was, his arrest and imprisonment, for disobedience to the House.

Circumstances more trying never beset the fortitude of a great man.

Personal liberty was his slightest loss.