No member who, in that crisis, did his duty had anything to fear.

It might be necessary to unseat him; but the whole influence of the opposition should be employed to procure his reelection.

[27] On the same day it became clear that the spirit of opposition had spread from the Commons to the Lords, and even to the episcopal bench.

William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire, took the lead in the Upper House; and he was well qualified to do so.

In wealth and influence he was second to none of the English nobles; and the general voice designated him as the finest gentleman of his time.