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The Mother of Parliaments

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Cook's "History of Party," vol. i. pp. 357, 582.

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May's "Constitutional History," vol. i. p. 422.

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Hawkins' "Life of Johnson," vol. xii.

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For example: Sholming for Cholmondeley, Ptit for Pitt, and Gumdahm for Wyndham.

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Raikes's "Journal," vol. ii. p. 321.

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Coxe's Pelham Administration, vol. I. p. 355.

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Campbell's "Lives of the Chancellors," vol. vi. p. 93.

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"Morning Chronicle," June 14, 1788.

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Samuel Rogers' "Recollections," p. 67.

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O'Connell's "Recollections and Experiences," vol. i. p. 220.

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Grant's "Recollections," p. 48.

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Walpole's "Memoirs of the Reign of George III.," vol. i. p. 261.

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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.

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