 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 766 pages
...parliaments, may be very justly applied to him on all his elections, viz. ' he was elected Speaker by as unanimous a concurrence of all the members in general, as any of them had been by their constituents in particular; and as he enjoyed this eminent station a longer time than any of his predecessors,... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 748 pages
...parliaments, may be very justly applied to him on all his elections, viz. ' he was elected Speaker by as unanimous a concurrence of all the members in general, as any of them had been by their constituents in particular; and as he enjoyed this eminent station a longer time than any of his predecessors,... | |
 | Art - 1832 - 616 pages
...preliminary point, with the statement of Browne Willis, who observes of Onslow, that " he was elected speaker by as unanimous a concurrence of all the members in general, as any of them had been by their constituents in particular ; and as he enjoyed this eminent station a longer time than any of his predecessors,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 510 pages
...whatever." Browne Willis, however, says that Onslow needed no such patronage ; for he was elected speaker "by as unanimous a concurrence of all the members in general, as any of them had been by their constituents in general." Onslow was a man of considerable learning, and some scientific knowledge.... | |
 | George Thomas Keppel Earl of Albemarle, George Thomas Earl of Albemarle - Great Britain - 1852 - 456 pages
...House of Commons. He retired on the 1 8th of March, 1761. "He was elected Speaker," says Brown Willis, "by as unanimous a concurrence of all the Members in general, as any of them had been by their constituents in particular ; and as he enjoyed this eminent station a longer time than any of his predecessors,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 516 pages
...whatever." Browne Willis, however, says that Onslow needed no such patronage ; for he was elected speaker "by as unanimous a concurrence of all the members in general, as any of them had been by their constituents in general." Onslow was a man of considerable learning, and some scientific knowledge.... | |
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Speaker by as unanimous a concurrence of all the members in general, as any of them had been by their constituents in particular; and as he enjoyed this eminent station a longer time than any of his predecessors, so he executed this most important trust... 