Wilkes, Mr., sets up The North Briton; criticises the King's speech; is apprehended; is expelled the House of Commons for printing the "Essay on Woman;" is elected for Middlesex, expelled, and re-elected; as Lord Mayor behaves with spirit during the Gordon riots; procures the expunction of the resolutions against him.
"The Constitutional History of England From 1760 to 1860"
Charles Duke Yonge
If punishment means atonement, he had the opportunity of making that right very suddenly, and if pardon means expunction, then I don't see why that offence hasn't been pretty well wiped out.
"Their Silver Wedding Journey"
William Dean Howells