Those who have not received the benediction are pressing and elbowing each other to get near the altar.

You and my Lord have got your blessing, and are quite right to take yourselves off with it.

I have not been blest, and must fight my way up as well as I can." Prior's wit was his own.

But his worldly wisdom was common to him with multitudes; and the crowd of those who wanted to be lords of the bedchamber, rangers of parks, and lieutenants of counties, neglected Portland and tried to ingratiate themselves with Albemarle.
By one person, however, Portland was still assiduously courted; and that person was the King.

Nothing was omitted which could soothe an irritated mind.