 ... of his master, or of the public, he has greatly impaired a very considerable estate by electioneering, and keeping up a good parliamentary interest, which is commonly, though perhaps improperly, called the service of the crown.  Annals of Nottinghamshire - Side 26af Thomas Bailey - 1852Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 sider
...rapaciousness ; for though he will give bribes, he is above accepting them; and instead of having enrithed himself at the expense of his master, or of the public,...jealousy, it could not be carried to a higher pitch, if every political friend was a favourite mistress. ' He is in his sixty-fourth or sixty-filth year,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 sider
...rapaciousness ; for though he will give bribes, he is above accepting them; and instead of having enriched himself at the expense of his master, or of the public,...jealousy, it could not be carried to a higher pitch, if every political friend was a favourite mistress. ' He is in his sixty-fourth or sixty-fifth year,... | |
 | Earl James Waldegrave Waldegrave - 1821 - 208 sider
...of his master, or of Duke of the public, he has greatly impaired a very conNewcastle, ii siderable estate by electioneering, and keeping up a good parliamentary...jealousy, it could not be carried to a higher pitch, if every political friend was a favorite mistress. He is in his sixty-fourth or sixty-fifth year, yet... | |
 | 1821 - 536 sider
...will give bribes, he is above accepting them ; and instead of having enriched himself at the expence of his master, or of the public, he has greatly impaired...perhaps improperly, called the service of the crown. " Pride Is not to be numbered amongst his faults ; on the contrary lie deviates into the opposite extreme,... | |
 | John Nicholls - 1822 - 264 sider
...will give bribes, he is above accepting them ; and instead of having enriched himself at the expence of his master, or of the public, he has greatly impaired...jealousy, it could not be carried to a higher pitch, if every political friend was a favourite mistress. " He is in his 64rth or 65th year, yet thirsts... | |
 | John Nicholls - 1822 - 310 sider
...will give bribes, he is above accepting them ; and instead of having enriched himself at the expence of his master, or of the public, he has greatly impaired...jealousy, it could not be carried to a higher pitch, if every political friend was a favourite mistress. " He is in his 64th or 65th year, yet thirsts for... | |
 | John Nicholls - 1822 - 684 sider
...wiH give bribes, he is above accepting them ; and instead of having enriched himself at the expence of his master, or of the public, he has greatly impaired...though, perhaps improperly, called the service of the crowru " His extraordinary care of his health is a jest even amongst his flatterers. As to his jealousy,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 266 sider
...rapaciousness ; for though he will give bribes, he is above accepting them ; and, instead of having enriched himself at the expense of his master, or of the public,...jealousy, it could not be carried to a higher pitch if every political friend was a favourite mistress. He is in his sixty-fourth or sixty-fifth year,... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1846 - 546 sider
...give bribes, he is above accepting them ; and instead of having enriched himself at the expense of bis master or of the public, he has greatly impaired a...which is commonly, though perhaps improperly, called tne service of the crown. His the vainest woman of contemporary beauties, he had CHAP. long struggled... | |
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