But such was beyond the question.

The strong one claimed to be of that party clan which pushed the offensive Governor Obstinate for the Presidency; and this not only offered a perfect reason why Senator Hanway should make no alliance with him, but it multiplied the necessity for his defeat.
That member upon whom Senator Hanway settled for Speaker owned the biting name of Frost; it was an instance, however, when there was nothing in a name.

Mr.Frost was a round, genial personage and only biting with occasional sarcasms; then, it is true, his sentences cut like a rawhide.

He was big, breezy, careless, quick, and coming of an aquatic ancestry, oceanic in his sort; even his walk reminded one of a ground swell.

And yet he was defective as a candidate.