human
A painstaking, upright, courteous gentleman, he testifies.
gpt
Much too good for obstruction's daily food in Chair of Committees. If he had a fault tending to incapacitate him for Chair, it was the extreme geniality of a nature that made him shrink from giving pain. He came into office at an epoch of exceptional difficulty. LYON PLAYFAIR had bad time when he was hampered by well-organised, ruthless obstruction led by PARNELL. Obstruction to the Home-Rule Bill throughout first session of MELLOR'S chairmanship not less ably led, for JOE, not yet come to Imperial estate, was much to the fore. It was certainly not less ruthless; numerically was in treble force. To obfusticate the Chairman was easiest, most effective way of delaying progress of Bill through Committee; MELLOR suffered accordingly. The order of things should have been reversed. MELLOR should come to Chair to-day. LOWTHER should have had his job in Session of 1893. JAMES W. is endowed in marked degree with the quality of phlegm invaluable to Chairman in troublous times. What worried sensitive nature of MELLOR would have flurried him no more than bucket of water cast over a duck's back.
human
I was made a corporal just in time, said PRIVATE HANBURY, musing over recent turns in wheel of fortune.
gpt
With JAMES W. in the Chair, I would rather have charge of the Estimates than be engaged in obstructing their passage.
human
Is the first Commissioner of Works aware, he inquired,
gpt
Hoightytoighty! said JOHN WILLIAM.
human
What does the man mean? What is he doing at the bar if he objects to the smell of what he calls drains, meaning nips? What is the particular flavour that offends his sensibilities? Is it whiskey or rum? Who is he that he should interfere with the private tastes of hon. Members? To complain of the smell of drains at the bar at a time when the British electorate have, by overwhelming majorities, declared against any tampering with The Trade interests, is too much from a man who has shared in the benefit derived on our side by the wholesome current of public opinion.
gpt
John William