Walter Bagehot: “But they bring out new qualities, and advertise the effects of new habits.”

But as soon as the House met, Lord Thurlow became the greatest.

And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!

But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.

Savages waste away before modern civilisation; they seem to have held their ground before the ancient.