towards an arbitrary government.-vol. ii. p. 266.

Junius:
You (Lord Mansfield) would fain be thought to take no share in
government, while in reality you are the mainspring of the
machine.-vol. ii. p. 179.

Walpole:
Pitt liked the dignity of despotism; Lord Mansfield the
reality.-Vol. ii. p. 274.

Junius:
You secretly engross the power, while you decline the title of
minister.-vol. ii. p.179.

Walpole:
He was timid himself, and always waving what he was always
courting.-Vol. ii. p. 336.

Junius:
In council he generally affects to take a moderate part.-vol. ii.
p. 354.
At present there is something oracular in the delivery of my
opinion. I speak from a recess which no human curiosity can
penetrate.-vol. i. p. 314.

Walpole:
The conduct was artful, new and grand: secluded from all eyes,
his (Lord Chatham's) orders were received as oracles.-vol. ii. p.
347.