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"The Rolliad."
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Horace Walpole's "Letters," vol. vii. p. 340. (This Speaker's criticism of the royal expenditure on a later occasion roused the animosity of George III., and cost him the loss of the Chair.)
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May's "Constitutional History," vol. i. p. 503 n.
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"People say, when you get on the blind side of a man, you get into his favour; but it is quite the reverse with the members when they get on the blind side of the Speaker." Pearson's "Political Dictionary," p. 53.
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When Trevor was Master of the Rolls, a post he combined with that of Speaker, it was said that if Justice were blind, Equity was now seen to squint!
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Barnes's "Political Portraits," p. 218.
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None of these chairs is to be found at Clandon, nor has the Onslow family any record of their existence, so perhaps the story of this particular perquisite is nothing but a legend and a myth.
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Pellew's "Life of Sidmouth," vol. i. p. 368.
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"Diary of Lord Colchester," February 2, 1796.
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Dalling's "Historical Characters," vol. ii. p. 181.
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Townsend's "History of the House of Commons."
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"Croker Papers," vol. ii. p. 164.
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Pellew's "Life of Sidmouth," vol. i. p. 66.
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"Ceremony," says Selden, "keeps up all things; 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water will be spilt, the spirit lost."
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They even carry lighted lanterns, though the whole place is ablaze with electric light!
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D'Ewes' "Journal," p. 630.
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Sir George de Lacy Evans (1787-1870) was the last member honoured by being allowed to retain the seat in which he had received his vote of thanks.
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Grant's "Random Recollections," p. 7.
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"Hudibras," vol. i. p. 120. During the first years of the Long Parliament Elsynge brought so much distinction to the position that his authority was said to be greater than that of the Speaker (Lenthall). His abilities, "especially in taking and expressing the sense of the House," became so conspicuous that "more reverence was paid to his stool than to the Speaker's chair." – Wood's "Athenæ Oxonienses," vol. iii. p. 363.
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Hatsell's "Precedents," vol. ii. p. 251 n.
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D'Ewes' "Journal," p. 688.
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"Modus Tenendi Parliamentum," p. 46.
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Torrens' "Life of Graham," vol. ii. p. 30.
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Elsynge's "Parliaments of England," pp. 160 and 161.
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D'Ewes' "Journal," p. 549.
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