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A New History of London
… year, which still subsist, under the names of Whig and Tory. The court party reproached their antagonists with their … tories. Idem. Dr. Johnson defines these terms thus. "Tory; one who adheres to the antient constitution of the … doctors; according to which they might be thus defined. Tory, an advocate for arbitrary government, founded on the …
A New History of London
… valuable accession to that colony. The parties of whig and tory, still more inflamed by the change of government at the … excesses. Dr. Sacheverel, a bold insolent man of the tory party, with a very small share of religion, virtue, … for publishing it with a dedication to his lordship. The tory party magnified this sermon so highly, that about 40,000 …
A New History of London
… the sufferers, which was industriously fomented by the tory and jacobitical enemies to the present government. The …
A New History of London
… of disgusted whigs; for though the names of whig and tory were almost lost, the principles remained alive, and it …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Mews, bishop of Bath and Wells, who wished to secure a Tory majority, and, it was later claimed, 'by surprise and in … an alderman, and ten other burgesses. 38 The resulting Tory majority secured M.P.s acceptable to the Crown in 1685, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to surrender its charter in 1683. The resulting Tory majority chose as M.P. their new recorder, Sir Francis … other seat against Stawell's candidate. Warre and another Tory were returned for the borough in 1689. 25 The election … in the port and customs, normally held one seat, a Tory country gentleman the other. Only three elections were …
Brightwell Baldwin
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)