[77] Prior's "Life of Burke," vol. ii. p. 454.
[78] Buxton's "Memoirs," p. 154.
[79] In olden days members used to return from Westminster to London through lanes infested with robbers. This cry enabled them to assemble and leave the House in one another's company.
[80] It is curious to reflect that a man may be a member of Parliament even though he is not entitled to a vote as an elector. The Rt. Hon. Austen Chamberlain was not only a member, but even a Cabinet Minister, at a time when he had no vote.
[81] Naunton's "Fragmenta Regalia," p. 21.
[82] Shaftesbury's "Life," vol. i. p. 30 n.
[83] Townsend's "History," vol. ii. p. 400.
[84] Reresby's "Memoirs," p. 51.
[85] "Sir," he said in debate, "the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the hon. gentleman (Horace Walpole) has with such decency and spirit charged against me, I shall neither attempt to palliate or deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience."
[86] Chesterfield's "Letters," vol. ii. p. 339. In order to escape the fine of £500 Chesterfield retired from political life for a short time.