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Horace Twiss : Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon

'Read Stanleys Life of Arneld, Twiss Life of Ld Eldon'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith      Print: Book

Horace Twiss : Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon

'I think I have already mentioned to you the Life of Ld Eldon by Horace Twiss. It is not badly done, and I think it would very much amuse Ld Grey as it is the history almost of his times. He seems (Lord Eldon) to have been a cunning canting old Rogue whose object was to make all the money he [could] by office at any expence of the public happiness'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sydney Smith      Print: Book

Horace Twiss : The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon, with Selections from His Correspondence (vol. 1)

Elizabeth Barrett to James Martin, 10 December 1844: 'I am glad I have so much interesting matter to look forward to in the Eldon memoirs, as Pincher's biography. I am only in the first volume. Are English chancellors really made of such stuff? Pincher will help to reconcile me to the Law lords perhaps.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

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