...prominent characteristics — courage ; and also his devotion to liberty. "We talk much — " he says, "I think a great deal too much — of the wisdom of...the crown upon every vain or imaginary alarm." The following year he thought of retiring from public life altogether, weary and disgusted with the continued...

...Corpus Suspension Bill. Upon this occasion he remarked, " We talk a great deal too much, I think, about the wisdom of our ancestors. I wish we would imitate...not ready to lay their liberties at the foot of the throne upon every vain or imaginary alarm." Referring to the cry of innovation which was raised upon...

...Commons present for the royal assent this very bill of Habeas Corpus, which for less dangers you are about to suspend. We talk much — I think, a great...of the crown upon every vain or imaginary alarm." Bold and high language this for a youth of five-andtwenty. One other passage deserves notice for the...

...hon. Friend rest his support of this Bill. He told us he would not enter into the historical question, and that he knew not if the existing laws were sufficient...unnecessary for me to enter upon that part of the subject:—one principle seems to have guided our legislators on all these occasions. It was this—that,...

...struck the key-note of his political life, and to the spirit of which he has faithfully adhered. " We talk much — I think a great deal too much —...not ready to lay their liberties at the foot of the Throne upon every vain or imaginary alarm." Two years later he made his first motion in favour of Parliamentary...

...many of them of the first rank, were accused of conspiring the death of the King. The heir-presumptive of the throne was supposed to be implicated in the...the foot of the Crown upon every vain or imaginary alarm.1 These passages afford a good example of Lord John Russell's earlier manner. They are remarkable...

...which for less dangers you are now about to suspend. We talk much—I think a great deal too much—of the wisdom of our ancestors. I wish we would imitate...foot of the Crown upon every vain or imaginary alarm. 1 These passages afford a good example of Lord John Russell's earlier manner. They are remarkable for...

...had been presented for the Royal Assent at the very height of the so-called Popish Plot, he said, ' We talk much, I think a great deal too much, of the...not ready to lay their liberties at the foot of the throne upon every vain and imaginary alarm.' Lamb was proof against this appeal, and fpllowed Canning...

...had been presented for the Royal Assent at the very height of the so-called Popish Plot, he said, ' We talk much, I think a great deal too much, of the...not ready to lay their liberties at the foot of the throne upon every vain and imaginary alarm.' Lamb was proof against this appeal, and followed Canning...

...much — of the wisdom of our ancestors. I wish we would imitate their courage. They were not willing to lay their liberties at the foot of the crown upon every vain or imaginary alarm." More than half a century afterwards, in his place in the House of Lords, he denounced in language not...