The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash,— the Rupert of debate!


The New Timon (1846), Part i. In April, 1844, Benjamin Disraeli thus alluded to Lord Stanley: The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.


The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash,— the Rupert of debate!

The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash,— the Rupert of debate!

The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash,— the Rupert of debate!

The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash,— the Rupert of debate!