... Lord Melbourne. was the favourable opinion formed of him at that time by the merchants of London which first encouraged his Whig friends in the city to put him forward candidate for its representation. Relieved from the burdensome duties of the Bouse of ...

... a . which was the chief source of his fame, was an insuperable obstacle to his advancement; and after having cast oft the Whigs, and materially aided in reinstating the Tories in power—conferring also many acts of substantial kindness and favour on literary ...