 | 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...of seduction, but to no purpose," — Macautay, ii. 23U. KIFFIN. "I used all the means I could tobe excused, both by some lords near the king, and also by Sir Nicholas Butler and Mr. Penn." — Ki/m's Memoirs, p. 84. This brief sentence is all that is preserved, and no writer but Kiffin (prior... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 444
...commission from the King to be one of the aldermen of the city of London, which, as soon as I fceai'd of it, I used all the means I could to be excused,...the King, and also by Sir Nicholas Butler and Mr. Penn."f The prejudice, for we can really find no better word, must indeed be powerful, which can thus... | |
 | William Edward Forster - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 48
...Brooke." In the letter there is no allusion to Penn, but in the Memoirs we find the following : — " In a little after a great temptation attended "me, which...and also by Sir Nicholas Butler and Mr, " Penn."* The prejudice, for we can really find no better word, must indeed be powerful, which can thus induce... | |
 | 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 602
...MACAULAY. "Penn was employed in the work of seduction, but to no purpose," — Macaulay, ii. 230. KIFFIN. "I used all the means I could to be excused, both...king, and also by Sir Nicholas Butler and Mr. Penn." — KiJJln'f Memoirs, p. 84. This brief sentence is all that is preserved, and no writer but Kiffin... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 780
...one of the Aldermen of the city of London : which, as soon as I heard of it, I used all the diligence I could to be excused, both by some Lords near the...Nicholas Butler and Mr. Penn. But it was all in vain." Mr. Dixon has quoted this passage for the same purpose as Mr. Forster had done, adding, "This is just... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 424
...one of the aldermen of the city of London ; which, as soon as I heard of it, I used all the diligence I could, to be excused, both by some lords near the...Sir Nicholas Butler and Mr. Penn. But it was all in vain."3 This is just the reverse of what Mr. Macaulay states. Penn did not go to Kiffin ; Kiffin went... | |
 | 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 608
...still more important. " I was told," says Kiffin, " that they (evidently Butler and Penn) knew that I had an interest that might serve the king; and,...knew my sufferings were great, in cutting off my two grandehildren, and losing their estates, yet it should be nvide up to me, both in their estates, and... | |
 | Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 574
...attended me, which was a commission from the King to be one of the aldermen of the city of London. I used all the means I could to be excused, both by...near the King, and also by Sir Nicholas Butler and William Penn, but all in vain, they said they knew I had an interest that would serve the King, and... | |
 | Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 580
...temptation attended me, which was a commis from the King to be one of the aldermen of the city of Lone I used all the means I could to be excused, both by some Lt near the King, and also by Sir Nicholas Butler and Will) Penn, but all in vain, they said they knew... | |
 | 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 754
...offer of this " alderman's commission" from the King : "As soon as I heard of it, I. used all diligence I could to be excused, both by some Lords near the...King, and also by Sir Nicholas Butler and Mr. Penn."$ That is, " Penn did not go to Kiffin ; Kiffin went to Penn. Instead of being employed in the work of... | |
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I used all the means I could to be excused both by some lords near the King, and also by Sir Nicholas Butler, and Mr. Penn. But it was all in vain . . . ." There the quotation ends, not at a full stop, but at a semicolon. 
