His fault is on that side.

A little hesitation at the beginning of a speech is graceful; and many eminent speakers have practised it, merely in order to give the appearance of unpremeditated reply to prepared speeches; but Stanley speaks like a man who never knew what fear, or even modesty, was.

Tierney, it is remarkable, who was the most ready and fluent debater almost ever known, made a confession similar to Stanley's.

He never spoke, he said, without feeling his knees knock together when he rose.
My opinion of Lord Althorp is extremely high.

In fact, his character is the only stay of the Ministry.