 | Nicholas Tindal - 1761 - 552 páginas
...greatreal. He now got himfelf to be chofen fpeaker ; and was made firft commiflioner of the great-feal. Being a tory in principle, he undertook to manage that party, provided he was furnished with fuch Aims of money, as might purchafe fome votes ; and by him began the praclice of buying off men,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1809 - 860 páginas
...Jeffreys had stuck at any thing, he was looked on as the man likeliest to have had the great seal. He now got himself to be chosen Speaker, and was made...with such sums of money as might purchase some votes ; nnd by him began the practice of buying otTaien, in which hitherto the king had kept to stricter... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1814 - 572 páginas
...ways of recommending himself to every government, and had been in great favour in King James's time. Being a Tory in principle, he undertook to manage...such sums of money as might purchase some votes." Such were the gross practices of our ancestors ; prnctices now exchanged for considerations granted... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 576 páginas
...one that was concerned in it highly criminal : this he spoke with much zeal, and such an ascendant oi authority, that none was prepared to answer it ; so...be chosen speaker, and was made first commissioner oi the great seal : being a tory in principle, he undertook to manage that party, provided he was furnished... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1840 - 646 páginas
...Jefferies had stuck at anything, he лгав looked on as the man likeliest to have had the great seal. He now got himself to be chosen speaker, and was made...he undertook to manage that party, provided he was famished with such sums of money as might purchase some votes ; and by him began the practice of buying... | |
 | 1843 - 524 páginas
...Lord .TefFeries had stuck at anything, he was looked on as the man likeliest to have the great seal. He now got himself to be chosen speaker, and was made...which hitherto the king had kept to stricter rules.' (History of /lis Own Time, vol. iv'., p. 74, ed. 1823.) In the session of 1695 the corrupter of others... | |
 | 1843 - 1040 páginas
...Lord Jefferies had stuck at anything, he was looked on as the man likeliest to have the great seal. He now got himself to be chosen speaker, and was made...buying off men, in which hitherto the king had kept to stncter rules.' (History nf his Own Time, vol. iV., p. 74, ed. 1823.) In the session of 1695 the corrupter... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 532 páginas
...Lord Jefferies had stuck at anything, he was looked on as the man likeliest to have the great seal. He now got himself to be chosen speaker, and was made...money as might purchase some votes ; and by him began (he practice of buying off men, in which hitherto the king had kept to stricter rules.' (History of... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - 426 páginas
...Jeffreys had stuck at any thing, lie was looked on as the man likeliest to have had the Great Seal : he now got himself to be chosen Speaker, and was made...the practice of buying off men, in which hitherto tho King had kept to stricter rules. I took the liberty," adds the Bishop, " once to complain to the... | |
 | Robert Ross - 1860 - 516 páginas
...Commons they placed in the chair a violent partisan, Sir John Trevor, a man of whom Burnet says—"Being a Tory in principle, he undertook to manage that party,...such sums of money as might purchase some votes". After liberal supplies were granted, the whigs brought on their great measure, a bill for recognising... | |
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... he now got himself to be chosen speaker, and was made first commissioner of the great seal : being a tory in principle, he undertook to manage that party, provided he was furnished with such sums of money as might purchase some votes... 
