For Burnet was a man warmly loved as well as warmly hated.

The great majority of the Whigs stood firmly by him; and his goodnature and generosity had made him friends even among the Tories.

The contest lasted two days.

Montague and Finch, men of widely different opinions, appear to have been foremost among the Bishop's champions.

An attempt to get rid of the subject by moving the previous question failed.