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Hope-Scott's manner of pleading; but this only shows the coarse drawing which those who write for the people often fall into, like artists whose pictures are to be seen from a great distance. For convenience of arrangement I make a transposition in the passage which I now place before the reader. Mr.
I mention this, as I know it will be a consolation to you to know that your charity and benevolence were, under God, the means of saving a poor soul, and will secure for you the prayers of a bereaved mother, and three holy nuns, aunts of the poor young man. Mr. Hope-Scott's Speech on Termination of Guardianship to the Duke of Norfolk Failure in Mr.
Hope, 'to sit by and listen to a man speaking on one's side, and always missing the point! Mr. Hope-Scott was a man run away with by good sense. A constant fire of puns was kept up when he, Bishop Grant, and Mr. Badeley were together, though the Bishop always sought a moral purpose in his jesting. After having heard Mr. Hope-Scott's and Mr.
In the year 1856 he was exceedingly unwell, and the failure in his health became very appreciable, his physician telling him that he had 'the heart of an overworked brain. Within two years after this, the violence of his grief at Mrs. Hope-Scott's death further disordered him.
Hope-Scott's Manners His Generosity Courage in admonishing Habits of Prayer Services to Catholicity Remark of Lord Blachford The Catholic University of Ireland Cardinal Newman's Dedication of his 'University Sketches' to Mr. Hope-Scott Aid in the Achilli Trial Mr. Hope-Scott Letter to Right Hon.
As to this, it must be observed that the companies engaged Mr. Hope-Scott's services with the perfect knowledge beforehand that the demands on his time were such as to render it extremely doubtful whether he could afford more than a very small share of it to the given case. They wished for his name if nothing else could be had; and, above all, to hinder its appearing on the opposite side.
Hyeres, in the south of France, was selected for this purpose, which led to Mr. Hope-Scott's purchasing a property there, the Villa Madona, on a beautiful spot near the Boulevard d'Orient. Here he spent several winters with his family, in the years 1863-70.
Hope-Scott's character that I have strictly endeavoured to confine myself. It is probable that an attempt to analyse a distinct personal impression may have produced but a vague result. I have little doubt that, although Mr. Hope-Scott was almost unequalled in professional ability, his real life lay outside his occupation as an advocate.
Hope-Scott's kindness towards the smaller tenants was very marked. Besides helping them to better houses, he frequently assisted them with considerable sums of money towards increasing their stock of cattle, or towards repairing losses from accidents and disease. 'He never left the country towards the end of autumn without leaving a few pounds for distribution among the poorer classes.
By his powerful assistance the Caledonian Company carried their bill, and in the course of the proceedings I had a full opportunity of estimating the elements of success in Mr. Hope-Scott's career which made him one of the most popular of Parliamentary counsel.
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