Here Mrs. Anabella had the unspeakable pleasure of
seeing her old friend, Mr. Brougham, and hearing one
of his wittiest speeches. Before he rose, she observed
to me that fifteen years had made a very perceptible
alteration in his appearance. " So many sessions in
the House of Commons," she said, " in which, you
know, Sir, he often made his great speeches after mid-
night, — so many years' confinement in crowded courts
like this, or in his chambers, — so many years of severe
and unceasing labour, in literary and scientific
studies, — so much writing, speaking, thinking, and

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