[174] These occasionally took the form of lampoons in verse, such as the following:—
The Derivation of Chancellor "The Chancellor, so says Lord Coke, His title from Cancello took; And ev'ry cause before him tried It was his duty to decide. Lord Eldon, hesitating ever, Takes it from Chanceler, to waver, And thinks, as this may bear him out, His bounden duty is to doubt." Pryme's "Recollections," p. 111.
[175] "There never was anything like the admiration excited by Brougham's speech. Lord Harrowby, G. Somerset, Mr. Montagu, and Granville told me it was in eloquence, ability, and judicious management beyond almost anything they ever heard."—Lady Granville's "Letters" (to Lady G. Morpeth, 5 October, 1820), vol. i. p. 181.
[176] The Duke of Wellington once chaffed Brougham, saying that he would only be known hereafter as the inventor of a carriage. The Chancellor retorted by remarking that the Duke would only be remembered as the inventor of a pair of boots. "D—— the boots!" said Wellington. "I had quite forgotten them; you have the best of it!"
[177] Russell's "Recollections," p. 138.
[178] Blackstone's "Commentaries," vol. iii. p. 47.
[179] Lord Eldon, who dearly loved a joke, wrote as follows to his friend, Dr. Fisher, of the Charter House, who had applied to him for a piece of preferment then vacant—
"Dear Fisher,
"I cannot, to-day, give you the preferment for which you ask.
"I remain, your sincere friend,
"Eldon.
"Turn over."