...Mr. Wilberforce, in the prosecution of this great cause, I cannot express my admiration in adequate terms. The applause he received was such, as was scarcely...would have deserved it all, for the unceasing efforts, the firm, unshaken, intrepid perseverance, with which he maintained, and finally brought to a successful...

...Mr. Wilberforce, in the prosecution of this great cause, I cannot express my admiration in adequate terms. The applause he received was such, as was scarcely...would have deserved it all, for the unceasing efforts, the firm, unshaken, intrepid perseverance, with which he maintained, and finally brought to a successful...

...Mr. Wilberforce in the prosecution of this great cause, I cannot express my admiration in adequate terms. The applause he received was such, as was scarcely...battle, that; ever was fought by any human being/' _, , In this just panegyric of the illustrious Champion of the Abolition, all men must unite: but still...

...driven, they welcomed him with applause " such as was scarcely ever before given," says Bishop Porteus, " to any man sitting in his place in either House of parliament." 86 So full was his heart of its own deep thoughts of thankfulness that he scarcely noticed these unusual...

...driven, they welcomed him with applause " such as was scarcely ever before given," says Bishop Porteus, " to any man sitting in his place in either House of Parliament." So full was his heart of its own deep thoughts of thankfulness that he scarcely noticed these unusual...

...driven, they welcomed him with applause "such as was scarcely ever before given," says Bp. Porteus, " to any man sitting in his place in either House of Parliament." " To speak," says Sir James Mackintosh, " of fame and glory to Wilberforee, would be to use a language...

...applause : a tribute of approbation such as was scarcely ever before given," says Bishop Porteus, " to any man sitting in his place in either House of Parliament." While he was thus labouring for the removal of Afric's wrongs, he looked around him, and did what he...

...with a prosperous gale, the port whither he had been so often driven, they welcomed him with applause such as was scarcely ever before given to any man...sitting in his place in either House of parliament." Well might Wilberforce be, as he tells us he was, quite overcome. On the opposition benches we find...

...following the applause in the House " ' such as was scarcely ever before given,' said Bishop Porteus, 'to any man sitting in his place in either House of Parliament/ " must indeed have produced an overpowering effect upon his feelings. Under circumstances so calculated...

...such congratulations to him as had " scarcely ever before been given," good Bishop Porteus said, " to any man sitting in his place in either House of Parliament." In the autumn of 1812, he retired from the representation of Yorkshire, finding that he could not fulfil...