...James Boswell, who witnessed the scene, ia transmitting the account of it to Dundas, «ays, " I saw what seemed a mere shrimp mount upon the table, but...he grew and grew until the shrimp became a whale." The consequences of this speech were those at which the speaker aimed. It diminished the influence...

...is at once acknowledged. BoswelTs account of him in the castle-yard can never be forgotten. " I saw what seemed a mere shrimp mount upon the table, but, as I listened, he grew and grew until the shrimp bectime a whale." (P. 26.) " Danby tells me," writes Pepper Arden, " that you spoke like an angel."...

...the force aud animation of his manner. ' I saw,' said Boswell, describing the meeting to Dundas, ' what seemed a mere shrimp, mount upon the table; but,...heard him, < though at a distance of so many years, to furget his speech, or the effect which it produced. He arraigned with the utmost vigour the Coalition...

...force and animation of his manner. — " I saw, said Boswell, 7 describing the meeting to Dundas, " what seemed a mere shrimp mount upon the table ; but,...is impossible," says one who heard him, " though at the distance of so many years, to forget his speech, or the effect which it produced. He arraigned...

...force and animation of his manner. — " I saw, said Boswell, 7 describing the meeting to Dundas, " what seemed a mere shrimp mount upon the table ; but,...is impossible," says one who heard him, " though at the distance of so many years, to forget his speech, or the effect which it produced. He arraigned...

...chanced to be at York, told Dundas in Edinburgh— " I saw," said Bosweil, •' what seemed a meie shrimp mount upon the table ; but, as I listened,...whale."—" It is impossible," says one who heard him, " thoagh at the distance of eo many years, to forget his speech, or the effect which It produced. He...

...the critic. In an account of the scene which he transmitted to Mr Dundas, ' I saw,' writes Boswell, ' what seemed a mere shrimp, mount upon the table, but...grew and grew until the shrimp became a ' whale.' A still more convincing attestation to his eloquence is to be found in the consequences to which it...

...Edinburgh—« " I ssw," said Boiweil, " what seemed а шсче gin-imp mount upon the table ; Lut, a* I listened, he grew, and grew, until the shrimp became...is impossible," says one who heard him, " though at the distance of so many years, to forget hi» speech, or the effect which it produced. He arraigned...

...force and animation of his manner. — " I saw," said Boswell, describing the meeting to Dundas, " what seemed a mere shrimp mount upon the table ; but,...shrimp became a whale." " It is impossible," says one 1784. CANVASS FOR YORKSHIRE. 31 who heard him, " though at the distance of so many years, to forget...

...describing Wilberforce's speech at.the County Meeting at York, happily describes it : ' I saw what appeared a mere shrimp mount upon the table, but as I listened, he grew and grew, till at length the shrimp became a whale.' " 8 his life brought him into contact with the greatest...