...twenty-one; and no ministry could stand on so slight an advantage, if we could continue above 200. ' You would have almost laughed to see the spectres...least, except that from being a Hercules of ten grains ' We may, and probably shall, fall off: this was our strongest question—but our troops will stand...

...halt and the blind, were brought to vote by both parties. " One would have thought," says Walpole, "that they had sent a search-warrant for members of...every hospital. Votes were brought down in flannels • Hiraro Walpole'i anJ f!?aeml C.inway'i own letters to the Earl of Hi-rtiunt. Conwny calltt it hia...

...They bought two single votes that day with two peerages;* Sir R. Bampfyldeb and Sir Charles Tyntec — and so are going to light up the flame of two more...us are not dead — I should not say us ; Herculean 1 have not suffered the least, except that from being a Hercules of ten grains, I don't believe I now...

...and Sir Charles Tynte c —and so are going to light up the flame of two more county elections—and that in the west, where surely nothing was wanting...of Bethesda. 'Tis wonderful that half of us are not dead—I should not say us; Herculean 1 have not suffered the least, except that from being a Hercules...

...halt and the blind, were brought to vote by both parties. " One would have thought," says Walpole, " that they had sent a search-warrant for members of...till the floor of the House looked like the Pool of Bethesda."f Lord Temple having engaged to bear all the expenses of the law-proceedings out of his own...

...would have thought," says Walpole, " that they had sent a search-warrant for members of parliament mto every hospital. Votes were brought down in flannels...till the floor of the House looked like the Pool of Bethesda."f Lord Temple having engaged to bear all the expenses of the law-proceedings out of his own...

...and Sir Charles Tyntc'—and so arc going to light up the flame of two more county elections—and that in the west, where surely nothing was wanting...of Bethesda. 'Tis wonderful that half of us are not dead—I should not say HS ; Herculean / have not suffered the least, except that from being a Hercules...

...House on this occasion : " You would have almost laughed to see the spectres produced on both sides Votes were brought down in flannels and blankets till...floor of the House looked like the pool of Bethesda." t There was no record of the debate on this occasion except Walpole's letter, until the publication...

...when the House sat, on successive nights, eleven hours, seventeen hours,, tb.ir.teen hours ; when " votes were brought down in flannels and blankets,...floor of the House looked like the Pool of Bethesda ;" when the " patriotesses " of the anti-Bute party and the great 1 Next year he dropped the distinction...

...both parties. 1761. Horace Walpole says, < One would have thought that they had sent a search warrant for members of Parliament into every hospital. Votes...floor of the House looked like the pool of Bethesda.' After a most stormy discussion the ministry carried a motion for postponement by a majority of 14,...