"It is rather extraordinary, that the Whig Club should forget to drink the Duke of Portland's health last Tuesday, and the House of Cavendish. There was a time, when the Whig Club was respectable; but that is over, and perhaps never to return. The last meeting was a-la-mode D'Egalité."—(Times, Feb. 7, 1793.)
"As the Members of the National Convention are so very fond of Pain, it cannot be deemed unfeeling to express a sincere wish that they all felt it."—(Times, Feb. 7, 1793.)
"Lady Dover's house, it is confidently said, was set on fire by a Frenchman. The person's name has been publicly mentioned. What may, and must, surprise a number of Britons is, that in most of the late Opposition families of eminence, the principal servants are Frenchmen:—and it is necessary to make public, that these foreigners, under the roofs of those who give them bread, utter the most treasonable blasphemies against the present Government of this country. As some new tax may be requisite, to assist the necessary resources of Government, a most heavy impost on French servants would be extremely popular. The Steward, the Butler, the Cook, the Valet, and the rest of the principal servants in one of the first families of Opposition, are French. Does this accord with national friendship?"—(Times, Feb. 8, 1793.)
"There are no patriotic gifts now made for carrying on the war in France!—no bodkins, scissors, thimbles, rings, and necklaces! The Army is left to shift for itself: and, if they cannot plunder a day's subsistence, they must fast."—(Times, Feby. 9, 1793.)
"In the year 1782, when Mr. Fox gave notice of motion on the state of the nation, the House was filled at an early hour to an overflow. But on a similar notice, from the same person, in 1793, there were not sufficient Members to make a House, and the Speaker adjourned to next day. Tempora mutantur."—(Times, Feb. 9, 1793.)
"Why is opposition like a stumbling horse?
Because it is broken down.
Why is Lord Lansdowne like a man with the gout?
Because his mind is engrossed by Paine.