Cook's "History of Party," vol. i. pp. 357, 582.
443
May's "Constitutional History," vol. i. p. 422.
444
Hawkins' "Life of Johnson," vol. xii.
445
For example: Sholming for Cholmondeley, Ptit for Pitt, and Gumdahm for Wyndham.
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Raikes's "Journal," vol. ii. p. 321.
447
Coxe's Pelham Administration, vol. I. p. 355.
448
Campbell's "Lives of the Chancellors," vol. vi. p. 93.
449
"Morning Chronicle," June 14, 1788.
450
Samuel Rogers' "Recollections," p. 67.
451
O'Connell's "Recollections and Experiences," vol. i. p. 220.
452
Grant's "Recollections," p. 48.
453
Walpole's "Memoirs of the Reign of George III.," vol. i. p. 261.
454
In the heyday of parliamentary corruption, when a critical division was impending, Sir Hercules Langrishe was asked whether Sir Henry Cavendish had as usual been taking notes. "He has been taking either notes or money," he replied, "I don't know which."
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On one occasion, in the hurry of dispatching his nightly missive, Lord Randolph Churchill accidentally enclosed a quantity of tobacco in the box which he forwarded to Queen Victoria, much to Her Majesty's amusement.
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Hansard's "Debates," 1st series, vol. xv.