 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 432 pages
...by the name of whigs : The country-party found a refemblance between the courtiers and the popifti banditti in Ireland , to whom the appellation of tory was affixed. And after this manner, thefe foolifh terms of reproach came into public and general ufe; and even at prefcnt feem not nearer,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Chronology, Historical - 1804 - 486 pages
...in Scotland, who had obtained the appellation of aihigs ; and the country party, on the other hamf, found a resemblance between the courtiers and the popish banditti in Ireland, to whom the term of tary was affixed. Hence the origin of those ^wo prostituted words. than a century, with little... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 550 pages
...the fanaJ680 tical conventiclers in Scotland, who were known by the name of Whigs : The country party found a resemblance between the courtiers and the...nearer their end than when they were first invented. THE king used every art to encourage his partisans, and to reconcile the people to his government.... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 576 pages
...to the fanatical conventiclers in Scotland, who were known by the name of Whigs : The country party found a resemblance between the courtiers and the...terms of reproach came into public and general use j and even at present seem not nearer their end than when they were first invented. THE King used every... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...who were known by the name of Whigs : The country party found a resemblance between the courtiers and popish banditti in Ireland, to whom the appellation...even at present, seem not nearer their end than when the; were first invented." II. Mr Laing takes no notice of the term Tory, — but of Whig, he gives... | |
 | England - 1817 - 264 pages
...reign of Charles I. ; " and after this manner these foolish terms of reproach" (says the Historian) " came into public and general use, and even at present...nearer their end than when they were first invented." (P. 126.) Here then you see what was originallyintended by WHIG and TORY, anda mighty silly sort of... | |
 | Robert Brown (of Newhall.) - 1817 - 204 pages
...oven, spit, and pot, name of Whigs : The countiy party found a resemblance between the ci iurtitrs and the Popish banditti in Ireland, to whom the appellation of Tory was afiixtd. And after this manner, thene f<>oli-.h terms of reproach came into public and general us;... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...who were known by the name of Whlgi: The country party found a resemblance between the courtiers and popish banditti in Ireland, to whom the appellation of Tory was affixed. And aner this manner, these foolish terms of reproach cume into public and general ox¿ aadfcvui *t present,... | |
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Tory, by which, and sometimes without any material difference, this island has been so long divided. The court party reproached their antagonists with their affinity to the fanatical conventiclers in Scotland, who were known by the name of Whigs ; the... 
