... 18th centurv for children whose fathers voted for her nominee at parhapientary elections. And if the schoolmaster didn't vote Whig too lost his £3O p.a.—L H, Dopson. . ...

... into an accommodating conformity; and thus the leaven of opposition has subsided. The Wesleyans have started a newspaper on Whig principles called the ' Wesleyan Chronicle '■ in opposition to the Watchman, the Conservative bias of which, it is affirmed ...

... this day in the traditional phrase with which Somerset children still greet others who flourish no foliage : Royal oak, The Whigs to provoke!” The curious habit concealing one’s oak-leaf until challenged by the password, Show your oak!” suggests itself ...