 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 428 pages
...againft the Whigs, to call the old miniftry to account, and get off five or fix heads. The miniftry feem not to regard them, yet one of them in confidence told me, that there muft be fomething thought ( 229 ) thought on to fettle things better. I'll tell . you one great ftate... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 424 pages
...againft the whigs, to call the old miniftry to account, and get off five or fix heads. The miniftry feem not to regard them, yet one of them in confidence told me, that there muft be fomething thought on to fettle things better. I'll tell you one great ftate fecret ; The Queen,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 466 pages
...the Whigs ; to call the old miniftry to account, " and get off five or fix heads. The miniftry feem not to " regard them; yet one of them in confidence told me, " that there rnuft be fomething thought on to fettle " things better. I'll tell you one great ftate-feeret. The... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - 1787 - 524 pages
...againft the Whigs; to call the old Miniftry .to account, and get off five or fix heads. The Miniftry leem not to regard them ; yet one of them in confidence told me, that there muft be fomcthing thought on to fettle things F 2 better. better. I'll tell you one great fecret :... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 pages
...home, and meet every evening at a tavern near the parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things on to extremes against the whigs, to call the old ministry...must be something thought on to settle things better. I will tell you one great state secret ; the queen, sensible how much she was governed by the late... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 658 pages
...an account of the danger they were in, from the most violent members of their own party. Feb. 18. " We are plagued with an October club, that is, a set...one great secret : the queen, sensible how much she wa» governed by the late ministry, runs a little into the other extreme ; and is jealous in that point,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 378 pages
...near the parliament, to consult affairs,, and drive things on to extremes against the whigs, to eall the old ministry to account, and get off five or six...must be something thought on to settle things better. I will tell you one great state secret ; the queen, sensible how much she was governed by the late... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 462 pages
...home, and meet every evening at a tavern near the parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things- on to extremes against the Whigs, to call the old ministry...must be something thought on to settle things better. I will tell you one great state secret ; the queen, sensible how much she was governed by the late... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...home, and meet every evening at a tavern near the parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things on to extremes against the Whigs, to call the old ministry to account, and get off five or six heads." Rules to be observed in the Ttvo-penny club, erected in this place for the preservation of friendship... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 542 pages
...home, and meet every evening at a tavern near the parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things on to extremes against the Whigs, to call the old ministry to account, and get off five or six heads.* * This club of country gentlemen, swayed by their prepossessions, and totally unable to discover, through... | |
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We are plagued here with an October club ; that is, a set of above a hundred parliamentmen of the country, who drink October beer at home, and meet every evening at a tavern near the parliament, to consult affairs, and drive things on to extremes against... 
