[134] The motion was clearly out of order: first, because in the Senate an appeal from the decision of the Chair on a question of order cannot be laid on the table; and, secondly, because Mr. Sumner was already on the floor, so that Mr. Benjamin could not make a motion.
[135] Two Letters to the Earl of Aberdeen, on the State Prosecutions of the Neapolitan Government, by the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, (London, 1851,) Letter II. p. 45.
[136] Cleveland. See Hudibras, ed. Grey, Part I. Canto 2, Note to v. 650.
[137] Speech in the Star-Chamber, June 20, 1616: Works of the Most High and Mighty Prince, James, by the Grace of God King of Great Britain, &c., (London, 1616, folio,) p. 557. See also Finch's Law, p. 81.
[138] Projet de Loi sur les Émigrations, 28 Février, 1791: Œuvres, (Paris, 1834,) Tom. III. p. 85.
[139] Holmes, Annals, Vol. I. p. 440, note. In similar spirit, John Winthrop, the early Governor of Massachusetts, on his death-bed refused to sign an order to banish a heterodox person, saying, "I have done too much of that work already."—Hutchinson, History of Massachusetts, Vol. I. p. 142.
[140] Canterbury Tales, Prologue, 276-279.
[141] King's Life of Locke, Vol. I. p. 104.
[142] Boswell's Life of Johnson, ed. Croker, (London, 1835,) Vol. II. p. 294, note, anno 1765.
[143] Boswell's Johnson, Vol. V. pp. 63, 64, Oct. 18, 1773.