PARLIAMENTARY.

"_My right honourable and learned friend;_" i.e., "A professional

politician, devoid alike of principle and capacity."

"_I pass from that matter;_" i.e., "Find it somewhat embarrassing."

"_I don't know where my honourable friend gets his facts from;_" i.e.,

"He should try and get out of his inveterate habit of lying."

"_A monument of antiquated Norman tyranny_," or, "_A relic of early

English fraud and ignorance;_" i.e., "A statute which I and my Party

wish to repeal."

"_The most precious constitutional legacy of those who fought and

bled,_" &c., &c.; i.e., Ditto ditto impugned by the opposite Party.

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