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or of the leg of a pantaloon dangling carelessly 

 without a leg to fill it, the mark of a grim scar on 

 some ancient face, all under the mellow hue of the 

 wax-lights, filled the eye with a very stirring 

 picture." 



Praise was lavished upon the Duke in all quarters 

 where public opinion finds expression, and never 

 was praise better merited. To overrule such oppo- 

 sition as the Duke encountered from high authority 

 required the persistent efi'orts of a powerful advocate. 



