 | Nicholas Tindal - 1761 - 552 sider
...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 sider
...him ; and if lord 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,...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 sider
...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 sider
...Jefferies had stuck at any thing, he was looked on as the man, likeliest to have had the great seal s : he now got himself to be chosen speaker, and was made...buying off 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... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 576 sider
...Jefferies had stuck at any thing, he was looked on as the man, likeliest to have had the great seal s : he now got himself to be chosen speaker, and was made...buying off 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... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 576 sider
...Jefferies had stuck at any thing, he was looked on as the man, likeliest to have had the great seal s : he now got himself to 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... | |
 | Joseph Parkes - 1828 - 670 sider
...and if lord Jefferies 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 "...off 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... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1840 - 646 sider
...and, if lord 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,...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... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 532 sider
...Commons, Sir John Trevor,' says Burnet, ' was a bold and dexterous man, and knew the most effectua,! ways of recommending himself to every government :...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... | |
 | 1843 - 524 sider
...great favour in king James's time, and was made master of the rolls by him ; and if Lord .TefFeries had stuck at anything, he was looked on as the man...buying off men, in 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... | |
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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 ; and by him began the practice of buying off men, in which hitherto the King had kept to stricter rules. 
