 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1851 - 588 pages
...writes to his son in December 1767 : " I have looked out " for some venal borough for you, and I spoke " to a borough-jobber and offered five and twenty " hundred pounds for a secure seat in Parliament, " but he laughed at my offer, and said that there " was no such thing as... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1851 - 614 pages
...writes to his son in December 1767: "I have looked out " for some venal borough for you, and I spoke " to a borough-jobber and offered five and twenty " hundred pounds for a secure seat in Parliament, " but he laughed at my offer, and said that there " was no such thing as... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 416 pages
...writes to his son in December 1767: "I have 'looked out for some venal borough for you, and I spoke 'to a borough-jobber and offered five and twenty hundred 'pounds for a secure seat in Parliament, but he laughed at 'my offer, and said that there was no such thing as a... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...make it his own affair; and desired that 1 would give myself nu more trouble about it. Since that, 1 have heard no more of it; which made me look out for some venal borough: and I spoke to a borough-jobber, and offered five-and-twenty hundred pounds for... | |
 | 1857 - 398 pages
...the new Parliament. He assured me he would, and, I am convinced, very sincerely. . . . Since that, I have heard no more of it, which made me look out for some venal borongh ; and I spoke to a borough-jobber, and offered five-and-twenty hundred pounds for... | |
 | Joseph Grego - 1886 - 524 pages
...a desirable opening — assured me he would, and, I am convinced, very sincerely. . . . Since that I have heard no more of it, which made me look out for some venal borough ; and I spoke to a borough-jobber, and offered five and twenty hundred pounds for... | |
 | William Connor Sydney - 1891 - 424 pages
...would make it his own affair, and desired I would give myself no more trouble about it. Since that I have heard no more of it, which made me look out for some venal borough ; and I spoke to a borough-jobber, and offered fiveand-twenty hundred pounds for... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1892 - 576 pages
...would make it his own affair ; and desired I would give myself no more trouble about it. Since that, I have heard no more of it ; which made me look out for some venal borough : and I spoke to a borough- jobber, and offered five-and-twenty hundred pounds for... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 526 pages
...would make it his own affair ; and desired I would give myself no more trouble about it. Since that, I have heard no more of it ; which made me look out for some venal borough : and I spoke to a borough-jobber, and offered five-and-twenty hundred pounds for... | |
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I spoke to a boroughjobber, and offered five-and-twenty hundred pounds for a secure seat in Parliament ; but he laughed at my offer, and said, That there was no such thing as a borough to be had now ; for that the rich East and West Indians had secured... 
