 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...'drier.' Ib. 38. • • 'Tory. (A cant term derived, I suppose, from an Irish word signifying a savage.) One who adheres to the ancient constitution of the...the apostolical hierarchy of the Church of England : opposed to a whig.' Whig*, Pension', Oats', Excise', and a few more, cannot be fully defended, and... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...'i/risr.' Ib. 38. ' 'Tory. (A cant term derived, I suppose, from an Irish word signifying a savage.) One who adheres to the ancient constitution of the...the apostolical hierarchy of the Church of England : opposed to a -whig.' Aetat.46.] Humorous definitions. 341 Whig , Pension1, Oats1, Excise', and a... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...first applied to the covenanters, in derision of their austere manners and unpalatable opinions ? ED. adheres to the ancient constitution of the state,...the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England — opposed to a Whig. Torbhee is the Irish appellation for a person who seizes by force, and without... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 694 pages
...people. Might not this term have been fini applied to the covenanters, in derision, of Uica aus216 adheres to the ancient constitution of the state,...the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England — opposed toa Whig." Torbhee is the Irish appellation for * person who seizes by force, anil without... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1822 - 300 pages
...pain, judicial torments, anguish ro'ry,j.one who adheres to the ancient constitution of the slate, and the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England Toss, va to throw, to ngitate, to fling Toss/pot, s. a toper, a drunken fellow To'tal, a. complete — r. the whole To'tally,... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 pages
...faction/' — and as to Tory, he supposes it to be derived from an Irish word, signifying a savage.— " One who adheres to the ancient constitution of the...the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England — opposed to a Whig. Torbhee is the Irish appellation for a person who seizes by force, and without... | |
 | 1822 - 430 pages
...principles were pretty plainly «xpressed by his definitions of the terms Whig and Tory : — " TORY. One who adheres to the ancient constitution of the...the apostolical hierarchy of the Church of England. " WHIG. The name of a faction." The expression of his antipathies was not limited to party-matters;... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 442 pages
...principles were pretty plainly expressed by his definitions of the terms Whig and Tory : — "TORY. One who adheres to the ancient constitution of the...the apostolical hierarchy of the Church of England. " WHIG. The name of a faction." The expression of his antipathies was net limited to party-matters... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 384 pages
...faction;" — and as to Tory, he supposes it to be derived from an Irish word, signifying a savage. — " One who adheres to the ancient constitution of the...the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England — opposed to a Whig." Torbhee is the Irish appellation for a person who seizes by force, and without... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...a faction ; and as for Tory, he supposes it to be derived from an Irish word, signifying a savage. One who adheres to the ancient Constitution of the...the apostolical hierarchy of the Church of England — opposed to a Whig." Torbhee is the Irish appellation for a person who seizes by force, and without... | |
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One who adheres to the ancient constitution of the state and the apostolic hierarchy of the church of England : opposed to a Whig}. 
