[67] Irving's "Annals of Our Time," p. 912. (The majority in 1870 was 187.)
[68] "Autobiography of Mrs. Delany," vol. ii. p. 511.
[69] Wraxall's "Posthumous Memoirs."
[70] p. 270.
[71] Speech at Bristol in 1774. ("Works and Correspondence of E. Burke," vol. iii. p. 236). Algernon Sidney anticipated this remark. "It is not therefore for Kent or Sussex, Lewes or Maidstone, but for the whole nation, that the members chosen in those places are sent to serve in Parliament."—"Discourse Concerning Government," vol. ii. p. 370.
[72] Bell's "Biographical Sketches," p. 82.
[73] Croker, in 1820, complains of having to attend a three o'clock dinner and dance at Bodmin, when he stood as candidate; the whole affair being, he says, "at once tiresome and foolish." "Croker Papers," vol. i. p. 166.
[74] "Institute of the Laws of England," 4th part, p. 3.
[75] Sir H. C. Robinson's "Diary and Reminiscences," vol. ii. pp. 315-6.
[76] Moore wrote to Lady Donegal in 1807: "I begin at last to find out that politics is the only thing minded in this country, and that it is better even to rebel against government than have nothing to do with it." "Memoirs," vol. i. p. 225.