"Member of parliament" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... distinguished Welsh scholar, whose translation of the Mabinogion gave an extraordinary impulse to the study of Celtic literature and folk-lore in England. She was twice married, her first husband being Sir J. J. Guest, and her second Mr. Schreiber, member of Parliament ...
— Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch • Sidney Heath
... will express the scornfulness toward men displayed by this strikingly well-favoured, formal lady, whose heart of hearts demanded for her as spouse, a lord, a philosopher, and a Christian, in one: and he must be a member of Parliament. Hence her isolated air. ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... studied English at a school in Hertfordshire, and afterwards became tutor to the two sons of a Member of Parliament named Hill. ...
— Fletcher of Madeley • Brigadier Margaret Allen
... well deserved. Certainly, no individual can successfully direct the industry of fifteen hundred persons, and spend six months of the year in London, working night and day as a member of Parliament. Richard Cobden tried it, and brought a flourishing business to ruin by the attempt, and probably shortened his own life. Even with the aid rendered him by his brother, Mr. Bright was obliged to withdraw from public life for three ...
— Captains of Industry - or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money • James Parton
... me, Leader," exclaims the Member of Parliament to the coachman; who replied, "Yes, Sir Pitt," with a touch of his hat, and rage in his soul (for he had promised the box to a young gentleman from Cambridge, who would have given a crown to a certainty), and Miss Sharp was accommodated ...
— Vanity Fair • William Makepeace Thackeray
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