Continued ill health during his second premiership caused him to contemplate resignation, but his lieutenant, Derby, was unwilling, feeling that he could not manage the Queen.
Kevin Blackwell, beaten while in charge of Leeds United on this stage three years ago, is contemplating his resignation, aware as he is that the financial implications of failure at a club whose parachute payments are now spent are significant.
Despite his public confidence, Disraeli recognised that the Conservatives would probably lose the next election, and was already contemplating his resignation honours.
"In the wake of Al Groh's sudden resignation, and contemplating the retirement of Bill Parcells, the last thing I wanted was to be mired in was another extensive rebuilding of management.
The third time, he listened for a lot longer than one would expect for a speech with this visibility, with a look on his face that seemed not so much to express as to contemplate his own resignation.
Iggy Pop as a chanteur, crooning and contemplating life with autumnal bitterness and resignation?
Dick Cavett is not the first name that pops to mind when contemplating the 40th anniversary of President Nixon's resignation, but it does have the attraction of providing a completely new angle on a familiar if still-fascinating story.
