The leading motive in Petitioning for this Charter undoubtedly was to enable the City to issue Bonds on account of Rail Road subscriptions.
"The History of Peru"
Henry S. Beebe
With much effrontery, he then affected to rely for evidence of his courteous and equitable conduct towards the citizens, upon the very magistrates who had been Petitioning the States-General, the state-council, and the English Queen, against his violence: "For my courtesy and humanity," he said, "I refer me unto the magistrates themselves.
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
Only for a moment; then all the Loreley is back in evidence again, and Sally is Petitioning for only one more plunge, and then she really will swim in.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan