Sir Robert Walpole, once wanting to carry a question in the House of Lords, and not being quite sure of some of the bishops, prevailed upon the Archbishop of Canterbury to stay at home two or three days. In the meantime Sir Robert circulated a roport that his Grace was dangerously ill. On the day of meeting the House "was crowded with the lawn sleeves, not one of whom voted against the Minister. Some people are never contented. After having all their limbs broken, their heads smashed, and their brains knocked out in a railway accident, they will actually go to law and try to get further dam" ages.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 185, 9 August 1867, Page 3
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109Untitled Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 185, 9 August 1867, Page 3
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