 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 532 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...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... | |
 | William III (king of Gt. Britain.) - 1848 - 608 páginas
...speaker of the House of Commons, was a bold and dexterous man. 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... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1849 - 696 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," adds the Bishop, " once to complain to the King of this method ; he said he hated it as much, as any... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 530 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," adds the Bishop, " once to complain to the King of this method; he said he hated it as much as any... | |
 | 1856 - 538 páginas
...result of his great undertaking depended. 1 Burnet, ii. 232. 2 1689. ' From him' (Sir John Trevor) ' began the practice of buying off men, in which hitherto...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 ; but he... | |
 | 1856 - 542 páginas
...Burnet, ii. 232. * 1689. ' From him' (Sir John Trevor) 'began the practice of buying off men, in whicb 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 ; but he... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - 426 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...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... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - 426 páginas
...in which hitherto the King had kept to stricter rules. I took the liberty," adds the Bishop, " once to complain to the King of this method ; he said he hated it as much as any man could do, but be saw it was not possible, considering the corruption of the age, to avoid it, unless he would endanger... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 434 páginas
...First Commissioner of the Great Seal in 1690, Burnet says : ' 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1859 - 536 páginas
...Sir John Trevor, who had been Master of the Rolls under James, " being a Tory in principle, 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... | |
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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,... 
