He has made a great and splendid figure in history, and his weaknesses, though they make his character less worthy of respect, make it more interesting as a study.

Such a blooming old swain I never saw; hair combed with exquisite nicety, a waistcoat of driven snow, and a star and garter put on with rare skill.
To-day we took up our Resolutions about India to the House of Lords.

The two Houses had a conference on the subject in an old Gothic room called the Painted Chamber.

The painting consists in a mildewed daub of a woman in the niche of one of the windows.

The Lords sate in little cocked hats along a table; and we stood uncovered on the other side, and delivered in our Resolutions.