They must declare themselves willing to consider whether any distinction could be made between the chief offenders and the multitudes who had been misled by evil example.

But as the spirit of one party fell the spirit of the other rose.

The Tories, glowing with resentment which was but too just, were resolved to listen to no terms of compromise.
The tenth of January came; and, before the late daybreak of that season, the House was crowded.

More than a hundred and sixty members had come up to town within a week.

From dawn till the candles had burned down to their sockets the ranks kept unbroken order; and few members left their seats except for a minute to take a crust of bread or a glass of claret.
Messengers were in waiting to carry the result to Kensington, where William, though shaken by a violent cough, sate up till midnight, anxiously expecting the news, and writing to Portland, whom he had sent on an important mission to the Hague.
The only remaining account of the debate is defective and confused.