 | History - 1793
...heart, he feldom failed having the bill he supported carried into an a& of parliament. No one wu heard with more attention, nor had any one ever more confidence...feveral compliments paid him from the bench by Lord Manffield and others, for the new light he threw on difficult fubjefts. About the year 1 785, Mr. Smeaton's... | |
 | 1793 - 526 pages
...heart, he feldom failed having the bill he fupported carried into an aft of parliamsnt. No one was heard with more attention, nor had any one ever more confidence placed in 'his tefrimony. In the courts of law, he had feveral compliments paid him from the bench by lord Mansfield... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...heart, he feldom failed to obtain for the bill which he fupported an aft of parliament. No one was heard with more attention, nor had any one ever more confidence...bench by Lord Mansfield and others, for the new light which he tlirew on difficult fubjecls. About the year 1785 Mr Smeaton's health began to decline ; and... | |
 | 1794 - 622 pages
...he feldom (ailed having the bill he fupported carried inio an a^t of parliament. No oire was heard with more attention, nor had any one ever more confidence placed in his tcftimony. In the courts of law, he had feveral compliments paid him from the bench by lord Mansfield... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 518 pages
...he seldom failed having the hill he supported carried into an act of parliament. No person was heard with more attention, nor had any one ever more confidence placed in his testimony. In the courts of law he had several compliments paid to him from the bench, by the late... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 808 pages
...to obtain the ad wifhed for. No one had ever moreconfidenee placed in his teflimony. In the couris of law he had feveral compliments paid him from the bench, by Lord Mansfield and others, for the light which hr threw on difficult futjcifls. About 1785 MrSmeaton'b health began to decline; and he... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 522 pages
...he seldom failed having the bill he supported carried into an act of parliament. No person was heard with more attention, nor had any one ever more confidence placed in his testimony. In the courts of law he had several compliments paid to him from the bench, by the late... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 384 pages
...heart, he seldom failed to obtain for the bill which he supported an act of parliament. No one was heard with more attention, nor had any one ever more confidence placed in his testimony. In the courts of law he had several compliments paid him from the bench by Lord Mansfield... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1821 - 758 pages
...heart, he seldom failed having the bill he supported carried into an act of parliament. No one was heard with more attention, nor had any one ever more confidence placed in his testimony; in the courts of law he had several compliments paid him from the bench by Lord Mansfield... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 382 pages
...attention, nor bad any one ever more confidence placed in his testimony. In the courts of law he had several compliments paid him from the bench by Lord Mansfield and others, for tbe new light which he threw on difficult subjects. About the year 1785, Mr. Smeaton's health began... | |
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... its merits before he would engage in it; by this caution, added to the clearness of his description, and the integrity of his heart, he seldom failed having the bill he supported carried into an act of parliament. 
