 | William Cobbett - 1809 - 860 páginas
...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 ; 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
...government, and had been in great favour in King James's time. 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." Such were the gross practices of our ancestors ; prnctices now exchanged for considerations granted... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 576 páginas
...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...king had kept to stricter rules. I took the liberty once to complain to the king of this method ; he said, he hated it as much as any man could do ; but... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 576 páginas
...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...king had kept to stricter rules. I took the liberty once to complain to the king of this method ; he said, he hated it as much as any man could do ; but... | |
 | Roger North - 1826 - 516 páginas
...having been a violent Tory, was employed to manage that party in parliament. " By him," says Burnet, " began the practice of buying off men, in which, hitherto, the king had kept to stricter rules." (Own Time, vol. iv. 80, 276.) Trevor is said to have been extremely avaricious and mean. (Noble's Granger,... | |
 | Roger North - 1826 - 496 páginas
...having been a violent Tory, was employed to manage that party in parliament. " By him/' says Burnet, " began the practice of buying off men, in which, hitherto, the king had kept to stricter rules." (Own Time, vol. iv. 80, 276.) Trevor is said to have "been extremely avaricious and mean. (Noble's... | |
 | Joseph Parkes - 1828 - 670 páginas
...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...king had kept to stricter rules. I took the liberty " once to complain to the king of this method; he said " he hated it as much as any man could do; but... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1840 - 646 páginas
...great seal. Being a tory in principle, he undertook to manage that party, provided he was famished with such sums of money as might purchase some votes...king had kept to stricter rules *. I took the liberty once to complain to the king of this method. He said, he hated it as much as any man could do ; but... | |
 | 1843 - 524 páginas
...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...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
...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...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... | |
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... men, in which hitherto the king had kept to stricter rules. I took the liberty once to complain to the king of this method ; he said, he hated it as much as any man could do ; but he saw, it was not possible, considering the corruption of the age,... 
