 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 borough to be had now, for that the rich Blast and West Indians had secured...  Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar - Página 104por Peter Macinnis - 2002 - 190 páginasVista previa limitada - Acerca de este libro
 | Benjamin Flower - 1792 - 476 páginas
...for a fecure " feat in parliament; but he laughed at my " offer ; and faid, that there was no fuch thing " as a borough to be had now ; for that the " rich EAST and WEST Indians had fccured " them all, at the rate of three thoufand pounds " at leaft; but many at four thoufand ; and... | |
 | 1792 - 640 páginas
...pounds for a fecure feat in parliament; but he laughed at myoffer; and faid, that there was no fuch thing as a borough to be had now ; for that the rich Knit and Weft Indians had fecured them all, at the rate of three thoufand pounds at lead ; but many... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1817 - 800 páginas
...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 the rich East and West Indians had secured them all, at the rate of three thousand pounds at least... | |
 | James Robins - 1824 - 490 páginas
...offered 2,500/. for a secure seat in Parliament, but that the borough-jobber laughed, and told him that the rich East and West Indians had secured them all, at the rate of 3,000/. at least. Thus the case stood twenty years ago, and he was convinced that corruption had increased,... | |
 | William Cramp (author of The philosophy of language.) - 1850 - 126 páginas
...him 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. * * * * This, I confess, has vexed me a good deal, and made me the more impatient to know whether Lord... | |
 | William Cramp - 1850 - 206 páginas
...him 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. * * * * This, I confess, has vexed me a good deal, and made me the more impatient to know whether Lord... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1851 - 588 páginas
...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...West Indians had " secured them all at the rate of 3.000/. at least, " but many at 4.000/. ; and two or three that he " knew at 5,000/."— Some weeks... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1851 - 570 páginas
...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...West Indians had " secured them all at the rate of 3.000/. at least, " but many at 4.000/. ; and two or three that he " knew at 5,000/."— Some weeks... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 416 páginas
...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...West Indians ' had secured them all at the rate of 3,000^. at least, but many " at 4,(XXM. ; and two or three that he knew at 5,000I." — Some weeks... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 páginas
...five-and-twenty hundred pounds for a -ivim! seat in Parliament; but he laughed at my offer, and said, that thei e was no such thing as a borough to be had now, for that the rich East ai.d West Indians had secured them all, at the rate of three thousand pounds at least; but many at... | |
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