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 ¬society, were heaped without measure or mercy upon his devoted head.' — Whenever, indeed, any new subject of judicature started up, no matter from whence it came or to what it properly be- longed, and for which the legislature was at fault for a forum, it was sure to be cast upon the heap — Like Milton's Limbo of Vanity, every thing that went wrong in the world was sure to be found here; and to swell the confusion, lunatics, mendicants, and bankrupts, even all the children of the kingdom were perpetually dancing around him — and as if all this was not sufficient occupation, it was found out be- sides that he ought to be placed as a legislative president in the highest council, where after having had his mind and body worn down by his judicial functions, he was compelled to sit and listen to all that the most unex- hausted had to say. — I had a curiosity to see this great magistrate, and thought it no small one to see that he was alive. — He was a most able and agreeable man; by all accounts deeply learned in every branch of the law, ¬trem- ¬