Note 123 — Chapter VIII · TRAVEL AND INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIPS, 1788-89-90
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‘Then came the Oude case, that lasted no less than twenty-one days, and ended by a speech from Sheridan on which great labour and pains had been bestowed. This speech had been looked forward to as rivalling the great Begum speech of the same orator’ (Knight). Is not A. Y. here thinking of the great Begum speech of an earlier session?