His singular outlandish vehemence, and the sweeping grandeur of a determination that lightly assumed the corruptibility of our Press, sent a smile circling among the ladies and gentlemen.
"Sandra Belloni by George Meredith, v1"
George Meredith
Led by Mr. Fitzgibbon, a man of great powers, and above all suspicion of corruptibility, it spurned the dictation of an unauthorized body, and rejected the Reform Bill, avowedly on the ground of its being presented to it "under the mandate of a military congress;" and the Convention, finding itself powerless to enforce its mandates, dissolved.
"The Constitutional History of England From 1760 to 1860"
Charles Duke Yonge
The corruptibility of Congress itself, and the foregone decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, were alike despised and degraded.
"Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams."
Josiah Quincy