While he lives, and while either the King or the Queen lives, it is not likely that we shall ever again exercise our elective franchise, unless there should be a dispute between the Court and the Parliament.

The more profuse and obsequious a Parliament is, the less likely it is to give offence to the Court.

The worse our representatives, therefore, the longer we are likely to be cursed with them.
The outcry was loud.

Odious nicknames were given to the Parliament.
Sometimes it was the Officers' Parliament; sometimes it was the Standing Parliament, and was pronounced to be a greater nuisance than even a standing army.
Two specifics for the distempers of the State were strongly recommended, and divided the public favour.

One was a law excluding placemen from the House of Commons.