Personalia Intimate Recollections of Famous Men Political Literary Artistic
Personalia Intimate Recollections of Famous Men Political Literary Artistic
Julian Osgood Field
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Probably the greatest com- pliment paid to him as an advocate was from Palmer, the Rugeley poisoner ("my sainted Bill, " as his mother always termed him), who on being found guilty handed down to his counsel a slip of paper bearing the following words: "It's the riding that's done it, " Cockburn having been the prosecuting coun- sel. Lord Coleridge was decidedly his inferior both as an advocate and as a Parliamentary orator, though usually felicitous enough when delivering a literary address or... a post-prandial speech. On one occasion, how- ever, he was betrayed into a curious piece of bathos which all the magic of his silvery accents was unable to redeem. He was among the distinguished guests at the dinner given at Balliol to celebrate the opening of the new college hall, and Archbishop Tait having responded for the college, Lord Cole- ridge was deputed to respond for the univer- sity. With his accustomed diffidence, or 84 Lawyers assumption of diffidence, he began his speech by disclaiming all qualifications to fulfil so important a duty: "The most reverend Prelate, ' he observed with melodious unction, " in spite of his far more exalted position and infinitely superior eloquence, has on this memorable occasion been called upon to re- spond only for a part, while I, in every respect his inferior, who cannot claim to excel in a single one of the accomplishments with which he is so lavishly endowed I, my lords and gentlemen, have been asked to respond for a whole, and [with sonorous emphasis] what a [w]hole !
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