 I have a kindness for my Lord Portland, which he has deserved of me by long and faithful services ; but I should not have given him these lands, if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recall the grant, and...  Curiosities of Literature - Pagina 421door Isaac Disraeli - 1858Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1864 - 490 pagina’s
...of Robert Price, sent a civil mes*^ to the com'""ns, declaring that he should not have given I»rd Portland those lands, had he imagined the House of...exorbitant grants by any member of the privy council, &cwas a high crime and misdemeanor." The speech of Robert Price contained truths too numerous and too... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 946 pagina’s
...deserved of me by loving and faithful services ; but I should not have given him these lands, if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him. " On the 24th of February, the king went to the... | |
 | Bernard Burke - 1869 - 434 pagina’s
...deserved of me by long and faithful services, but I should not have given him these lands if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of shewing my favour to him." And soon after His Majesty conferred on Bentinck... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1870 - 954 pagina’s
...deserved of me by loving and faithful services ; hut I should not have given him these lands, if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him." On the 24th of February, the king went to the... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1792 - 950 pagina’s
...kindness for my Lord Portland, which he has deserved of me by long and faithful services; but I had not imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned: I will therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him." And he forthwith made a fresh grant to the Earl... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1254 pagina’s
...deserved of me by loving and faithful services, but 1 should not have given him the lands, if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him." It was well that a constitutional king should... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 pagina’s
...attended by the whole House, and his Majesty replied, " I should not have given him these lands if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recaj the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him." The Lords Rescinding a Committal... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 pagina’s
...attended by the whole House, and his Majesty replied, "I should not have given him these lands if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recal the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him." The Lords Rescinding a Committal... | |
 | William Torrens McCullagh Torrens - 1894 - 574 pagina’s
...deserved of me, by long and faithful services ; but I should not have given him these lands if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him." The pressure of taxation still continued. While... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 402 pagina’s
...deserved of me by long and faithful services; but I should not have given him these lands if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will, therefore, recall the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him." Favourites are naturally objects of national... | |
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