 Commons ; and with so little decorum on the part of either buyer or seller, that a shop was publicly opened at the Pay Office, whither the members flocked, and received the wages of their venality in bank-bills, even to so low a sum as two hundred pounds...  Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third - Page 183by Horace Walpole - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1845 - 560 pages
...the Pay-Office, whither the members flocked, and received the wages of their venality in bank bills, even to so low a sum as two hundred pounds, for their...votes on the treaty. Twenty-five thousand pounds, as Martin, Secretary of the Treasury, afterwards owned, were issued in one morning ; and in a single fortnight... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Constitutional history - 1861 - 544 pages
...support of Lord Bute's preliminaries of peace. He says, " A shop was publicly opened at the Pay Office, whither the members flocked, and received the wages...their venality in bank-bills, even to so low a sum as 200/. for their votes on the treaty. 25,000/., as Martin, Secretary of the Treasury, afterwards owned,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1861 - 536 pages
...preliminaries of peace. He says, " A shop was publicly opened at the Pay Office, whither the members Hocked, and received the wages of their venality in bank-bills, even to so low a sum as 200/. for their votes on the treaty. 25,000/., as Martin, Secretary of the Treasury, afterwards owned,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Constitutional history - 1862 - 488 pages
...support of Lord Bute's preliminaries of peace. He says, " A shop was publicly opened at the Pay Office, whither the members flocked, and received the wages...their venality in bank-bills, even to so low a sum as 2007. for their votes on the treaty. 25,0007., 1 Report of Committee of Inquiry, 1742; Parl. Hist.... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Constitutional history - 1862 - 496 pages
...preliminaries of peace. He says, " A shop was publicly opened at the Pay Office, whither the members nocked, and received the wages of their venality in bank-bills, even to so low a sum as 2001. for their votes on the treaty. 25,000/., l Report of Committee of Inquiry, 1742 ; Parl. 1 1 ,:..:,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1867 - 624 pages
...little decorum on the part of either buyer or seller, that a shop was publicly opened at the Pay Office, whither the members flocked, and received the wages...bank-bills, even to so low a sum as two hundred pounds." It was subsequently admitted by Martin, Secretary of the Treasury,* that no less a sum than twentyfive... | |
 | English literature - 1875 - 630 pages
...only way of accounting among friends.' * ' Leaving the grandees to their illhumour (says Walpole) Fox directly attacked the separate members of the House...votes on the treaty. Twenty-five thousand pounds (as Martin, Secretary of the Treasury, afterwards owned) were issued in one morning, and in a single fortnight... | |
 | English literature - 1875 - 632 pages
...only way of accounting among friends.' * ' Leaving the grandees to their illhumour (says Walpole) Fox directly attacked the separate members of the House...two hundred pounds for their votes on the treaty. Twenty-fire thousand pounds (as Martin, Secretary of the Treasury, afterwards owned) were issued in... | |
 | English literature - 1875 - 630 pages
...only way of accounting among friends.' * ' Leaving the grandees to their illhumour (says Walpole) Fox directly attacked the separate members of the House...wages of their venality in bank-bills, even to so lovr a sum as two hundred pounds for their votes on the treaty. Twenty-five thousand pounds (as Martin,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1875 - 400 pages
...little decorum on the part of either buyer or seller, that a shop was publicly opened at the Pay Office, whither the members flocked and received the wages...their venality in Bank-bills, even to so low a sum as 200/." It was subsequently admitted by Martin, Secretary to the Treasury, that no less a sum than 25,000/.... | |
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