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Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life And Writings of John Evelyn (1696) [ Practices / Concepts ]
… To my Lord Godolphin, one of the Lord justices, and first Commissioner of the Treasury Wittnesse the; confus'd, debauch'd, & riotous manner of electing Members qualified to become the representatives of a Nation, with' legislative power to dispose of the fate of kingdomes; which should & would be compos'd of worthy persons, of known … of Christians & sober men met upon the most solemn occasion that can concerne a people, and stand in competition with some rich scrivener, brewer, banker, or one in some gainfull office, whose face or name, perhaps, they never saw or …
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Electoral sociability [ Politics & Society ]
… partisan divisions were reanimated in the second half and there were many constituencies, especially ‘open’ ones with large electorates, where the outcome had to be keenly fought for. 2 . J. H. Plumb, ‘The Growth of the Electorate … Even before an election had been announced party leaders sometimes gathered for sociable meetings that mixed business with pleasure. Thus a group portrait of the ‘Junto’ (see illustration above), the leaders of the Whig party, depicts them … a club of connoisseurs, and probably depicts the earl of Orford’s house near Newmarket, where politics could be combined with horseracing. Even without such grand meetings, elections occasioned social visits and letters between those seeking …
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