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Pemberton, Pollexfen, and Levinz contended that there was no evidence to go to the jury. Two of the judges, Holloway and Powell, declared themselves of the same opinion; and the hopes of the spectators rose high. All at once the crown lawyers announced their intention to take another line.
Knows she whom she refuses?" "I have been assured, madam, that your affections are not engaged. But surely, it must be a mistake; some happy man " "Is it," I interrupted, "a necessary consequence that the woman who cannot receive the addresses of Sir Hargrave Pollexfen must be engaged?" "Why, madam, as to that, I know not what to say, but a man of my fortune " He paused.
* Sir John Holt was appointed lord chief justice of the king's bench, and Sir Henry Pollexfen of the common pleas: the earl of Devonshire was made lord steward of the household, and the earl of Dorset lord chamberlain. Ralph.
After some delay the Seal was confided to a commission of eminent lawyers, with Maynard at their head. The choice of judges did honour to the new government. Every Privy Councillor was directed to bring a list. The lists were compared; and twelve men of conspicuous merit were selected. The professional attainments and Whig principles of Pollexfen gave him pretensions to the highest place.
The advocates of the Bishops were not men to be so put down. "He is sworn," said Pollexfen, "to tell the truth and the whole truth: and an answer we must and will have." The witness shuffled, equivocated, pretended to misunderstand the questions, implored the protection of the Court. But he was in hands from which it was not easy to escape. At length the Attorney again interposed.
"Again the lady endeavoured to cry out. I saw Sir Hargrave struggle to pull over her mouth a handkerchief, which was tied around her head. He swore outrageously. "The moment she beheld me, she spread out both her hands 'For God's sake! "'Sir Hargrave Pollexfen, said I, 'by the arms. You are engaged, I doubt, in a very bad affair. "'I am Sir Hargrave Pollexfen, and am carrying a fugitive wife.
Pollexfen presented him to her, and he asked her to dance, and they stood on the side of the cotillon behind me and in front of Dr. Ollapod. After they had taken their places, Bob said: "Jew go to the opera last week, Miss Walter?" He meant, "Did you go to the opera last week?" "No," said Laura, "I did not." "O, 't was charming!" said Bob.
As regards names, no sooner has Sir Charles rescued Harriet from the clutches of Sir Hargrave Pollexfen, than he calls her "his Harriet," though, when he is once engaged to her, then this is changed into "infinitely obliging Miss Byron."
Having delivered it, he sank back exhausted, his eyes half-closed, his brow agleam with sweat. The prisoners filed out. Mr. Pollexfen a Whig at heart despite the position of Judge-Advocate which he occupied was overheard by one of the jurors to mutter in the ear of a brother counsel: "On my soul, that swarthy rascal has given his lordship a scare. It's a pity he must hang.
Old Sarum, a deserted ruin which the traveller feared to enter at night lest he should find robbers lurking there, had as much weight in the legislature as Devonshire or Yorkshire. Some eminent individuals of both parties, Clarendon, for example, among the Tories, and Pollexfen among the Whigs, condemned this system. Yet both parties were, for very different reasons, unwilling to alter it.
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