milk; he was their countryman (though hitherto not resident), and one that was
"by the lore
Of ancient Greece, to ancient freedom warmed."
In short, the young candidate was praised to the skies a statesman in embryo, and the Glentworth star evidently declined, when, with a passion for satire the speaker could not control, because wont to indulge, having established his own idol on its pedestal, he proceeded to demolish its rival by a process entirely uncalled for—the opposing candidate was stigmatized as a narrow-minded man, accustomed to look on his fellow-creatures as mere machines, from which he might extract pounds, shillings, and pence, when nailed to the desk of his counting-house. "It was true, he came before them prepared to act an amusing drama; but not, therefore, to take a benefit—he had got two lords as walking gentlemen, a clerk of his own to take notes, an Italian conjuror, and, better than all, a skeleton harlequin, well calculated to turn a summerset, frighten an old woman, and present an irresistible begging-box to the Treasury—but still, my friends, still, I say—"
Loud peals of laughter, from his own party, had
