 He did extricate himself, but in a way for which I certainly was not prepared. He appeared at the bar of the House of Lords with a written argument, the whole of which he very deliberately read, without venturing to add a single observation or expression...  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly - Page 128by Sir Samuel Romilly - 1840Full view - About this book
 | sir Samuel Romilly - 1840 - 490 pages
...circuits, and has observed that it would be an affectation in him to be silent upon what everybody else was speaking of. How well qualified he is to...Gibbs, the late Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Mr. Baron Thornson has been appointed Lord Chief Baron ; and this day Mr. Richards was sworn in a puisne Baron... | |
 | Samuel Romilly - 1840 - 468 pages
...him to speak, he would extricate himself from his difficulty. He did extricate himself, but in away for which I certainly was not prepared. He appeared...Gibbs, the late Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Mr. Baron Thornson has been appointed Lord Chief Baron ; and this day Mr. Richards was sworn in a puisne Baroft... | |
 | 1840 - 488 pages
...me by saying, ' In this court or in any other V And after the Court rose he said to me, 'You know, I suppose, what I alluded to? It was Garrow's written...Attorney-General whom he himself appointed, because he was.agreeable to the Prince." On the late Sir Thomas Plumer.—"A worse appointment than that of Plumer... | |
 | Samuel Romilly - 1841 - 604 pages
...one of the solicitors of the Treasury. A very new sort of exhibition this by 'an Attorney- General ! Two days afterwards, in the Court of Chancery, on...Gibbs, the late Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Mr. Baron Thomson has been appointed Lord Chief Baron ; and this day Mr. Richards was sworn in a puisne Baron... | |
 | Samuel Romilly - 1841 - 602 pages
...written argument in the House of Lords." So little respect has his Lordship for an Attorney- General whom he himself appointed because he was agreeable...Gibbs, the late Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Mr. Baron Thomson has been appointed Lord Chief Baron ; and this day Mr. Richards was sworn in a puisne Baron... | |
 | Horace Twiss - 1844 - 660 pages
...conjectured from what passed last summer in the House of Lords. On the claim to the Earldom of Airlie, the question was whether a Scotch entailed title of...appointed because he was agreeable to the Prince."* On this it is observable that the Minister, and not the Chancellor, appoints the Attorney-General.... | |
 | Horace Twiss - 1844 - 428 pages
...very deliberately read, without venturing to add a single observation or expression of his own. In ihe Stafford peerage, which stood for the same day, he...appointed because he was agreeable to the prince."* On this it is observable that the minister, and not the chancellor, appoints the attorney-general.... | |
 | Horace Twiss - 1844 - 654 pages
...argument which somebody had composed for him ; and none of the Lords were malicious enough to intefrupt him, or to put any questions to him on any of the...appointed because he was agreeable to the Prince."* On this it is observable that the Minister, and not the Chancellor, appoints the Attorney-General.... | |
 | Horace Twiss - 1844 - 650 pages
...one of the solicitors of the Treasury. A very new sort of exhibition this by an Attorney-General I Two days afterwards, in the Court of Chancery, on...appointed because he was agreeable to the Prince."* On this it is observable that the Minister, and not the Chancellor, appoints the Attorney-General.... | |
 | Horace Twiss - 1844 - 430 pages
...in any other?' And after the court rose, he said to me, ' You knew, I suppose, what I alluded to 1 It was Garrow's written argument in the House of Lords.'...appointed because he was agreeable to the prince."* On this it is observable that the minister, and not the chancellor, appoints the attorney-general.... | |
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