The Chancellor's enemies had felt confident of victory, and had made the resolution so strong in order that it might be impossible for him to retain the Great Seal.

They soon found that it would have been wise to propose a gentler censure.
Great numbers of their adherents, convinced by Cowper's arguments, or unwilling to put a cruel stigma on a man of whose genius and accomplishments the nation was proud, stole away before the door was closed.

To the general astonishment there were only one hundred and thirty-three Ayes to one hundred and eighty-nine Noes.

That the City of London did not consider Somers as the destroyer, and his enemies as the protectors, of trade, was proved on the following morning by the most unequivocal of signs.

As soon as the news of his triumph reached the Royal Exchange, the price of stocks went up.
Some weeks elapsed before the Tories ventured again to attack him.