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foe, and let some secrets escape, such as the 

 appointment of Mr. Grant in Ireland, which 

 Lord Sidmouth took up warmly, and professed 

 himself in no wise instrumental in effecting, 

 being absent at the time. Lord Tenterden spoke 

 at length, and most tediously against the 

 measure, when, to my infinite joy, Lord Grey 

 rose to answer him, and he made a most 

 brilliant, eloquent, and comprehensive speech. 

 He considered the question in every possible 

 point of view ; his arguments, though perhaps 

 not new, were admirable, and as far as my 

 humble judgment goes, unanswerable, clothed, 

 too, in the most beautiful and forcible language, 

 added to a noble and dignified manner. I was 

 perfectly enraptured. I had never heard any 

 public speaking before, and it has made an 

 impression on me, not likely soon to be effaced. 

 Lord Eldon answered Lord Grey, or rather 

 answered the Chancellor, who had severely 

 handled Lord E. the previous night ; his retort 

 upon Lord Lyndhurst was very good and fair, 

 but the rest of his speech was reckoned weak. 

 The first night we heard Lord Winchilsea ; he 

 has great fluency and eloquence and feels, I do 



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