...on the duties of office, not with a precarious majority, but with a sure minority of the other House of Parliament — to be aware that from day to day...the attainment of such an end ; to be a Minister on sufference ; to hold such a position without any security for enforcing your own views ; with the fear...

...on the duties of office, not with a precarious majority, but with a sure minority of the other House of Parliament — to be aware that from day to day...liable to defeats at any moment by the combination of parlies, amounting to a sure majority, and only waiting for the moment when it would be most convenient...

...parties, only waiting for a favourable moment when they could fairly show their united strength — to be a minister on sufferance — to hold such a position, without any security for enforcing my own views, exposing my friends to mortification, and the country to disappointment — to undertake...

...on the duties of office, not with a precarious majority, but with a sure minority of the other House of Parliament ; to be aware that from day to day you...without any security for enforcing your own views ; with the fear of exposing your own friends and the Country, your friends to perpetual mortification, and...

...on the duties of office, not with a precarious majority, but with a sure minority of the other House of Parliament — to be aware that from day to day...without any security for enforcing your own views ; with the fear of exposing your own friends and the country — your friends to perpetual mortification,...