Unhappily he was given over to a strong delusion, and the blind multitude eagerly followed their blind leader.

Indeed his dupes were maddened by that which should have sobered them.

The proceedings of the Parliament which sate at Westminster, proceedings just and reasonable in substance, but in manner doubtless harsh and insolent, had roused the angry passions of a nation, feeble indeed in numbers and in material resources, but eminently high spirited.

The proverbial pride of the Scotch was too much for their proverbial shrewdness.

The votes of the English Lords and Commons were treated with marked contempt.