W. J. Mickle. 1734-1788

Lord Thurlow. 1732-1806.

The accident of an accident.

Speech in Reply to the Duke of Grafton. Butler's Reminiscences, vol. i. p. 142.

When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me.[426:1]

27 Parliamentary History, 680; Annual Register, 1789.

Then join in hand, brave Americans all!

By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

The Liberty Song (1768).

Our cause is just, our union is perfect.

Declaration on taking up Arms in 1775.[426:2]

The dews of summer nights did fall,
The moon, sweet regent of the sky,[426:3]
Silvered the walls of Cumnor Hall
And many an oak that grew thereby.

Cumnor Hall.

For there 's nae luck about the house,
There 's nae luck at a';
There 's little pleasure in the house
When our gudeman 's awa'.

The Mariner's Wife.[427:1]

His very foot has music in 't
As he comes up the stairs.

The Mariner's Wife.