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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 14: first weeks in London.—June and July, 1838.—Age, 27. (search)
e Point. He wriggled round, played with his hat, seemed unable to dispose of his hands or his feet; his voice was small and thin, but notwithstanding all this, a house of upwards of five hundred members was hushed to catch his slightest accents. You listened, and you felt that you heard a man of mind, of thought, and of moral elevation. Shell Richard Lalor Sheil, 1793-1851. then broke forth with one of his splendid bursts, full of animation in the extreme; in gesture and glow like William Sturgis; 1782-1863; a merchant of Boston. in voice, I should think, like John Randolph. He screamed and talked in octaves, and yet the House listened and the cheers ensued. Sir Edward Sugden 1781-1875; author of law treatises on Vendors and Purchasers and Powers; entered Parliament in 1828; Solicitor-Genera in 1829; Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1834-35 and 1841-46; and, in 1852, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, with the title of Baron St. Leonards. tried to speak, but calls of question, d