| Show nervousness ne and oratory according to traditions despite the bajes tic elt eit elf possession lord macaulay truly tru ay as cri besto the tenor of his life air pitt as aa nervous before ris ng to speak s his recourse to stimulants A surg burg surgeon burgeon bon ion eminent in brighton some years ago told me that when hen he wab maa a shop boy in london le used to bring to mr pitt the dose of laudanum au danum and volatile sal khith the great states maan an habitually took before speaking sp eakin the laudanum perhaps hurt his hib constitution more than the port pirt wine which he drank by the b otle bottle otie the wine might be necessity necess iry to sustain uta I 1 the physical spirits lowered by the laudanum air ain fox was nervous before speaking so eo I 1 have heard was lord plunket A distinguished member of the whig party now no more morey and who was wa a himself one of the most sensitive of men and one of the most attractive of orators told me that once in the house of comm corner nl ni he be had bad crossed crossett over to speak break to mr canning on some qu quentien estien cn of public business a little before the latter delivered one of his most remarkable speeches and on taking the hand of nir air extended extend ed to him rpy vie he exclaimed 1 I 1 fear you are ill hand is cold and damp Is I 1 i replied canning smiling so much the better that shows how bow nervous I 1 am I 1 shall speak well tonight to night 35 mr nir stapleton remarks how bow perceptible to those ram fam familiar 1 ar with mr cannin canning was a s the difference in hib his aspect and manner manne r ge before fre and after one 0 of his bis b is great orations and a very clever french writer ri iter upon the art of 0 oratory compares the an kuish income raich oppress esthe mind ot of a jail ji il speaker while burdened with the sefile bense sense of some great truth abathe that he is charged to utter with the joyous elation of spirit that follows the relief from the load sir E 13 lytton io in Black woods magazine |
