Mr. T. Burt. Lord Hartington. Sir R. Peel. Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Roebuck. Mr. Fawcett. Sir S. Northcote. 'Punch.' Prince Gortschakoff. Sir W. Lawson. Mr. Forster. Mr. Chaplin. Mr. Goschen. Mr. Parnell. The speakerGriffith & Farran, 1880 - Great Britain |
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Page 45
... English politics , and who , like his great predecessor in the title , sits as Mem- ber for Tamworth , without feeling that the present Sir Robert Peel is the representative of a very uncommon type of character . The big bluff figure ...
... English politics , and who , like his great predecessor in the title , sits as Mem- ber for Tamworth , without feeling that the present Sir Robert Peel is the representative of a very uncommon type of character . The big bluff figure ...
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... English Ministers , he had a royal road to political distinction and high office opened for him . I need not say how completely he has failed to gain the goal which then seemed to be so directly in his path , so easily within his reach ...
... English Ministers , he had a royal road to political distinction and high office opened for him . I need not say how completely he has failed to gain the goal which then seemed to be so directly in his path , so easily within his reach ...
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... English Sovereign , it is difficult to treat this rhetorical escapade as being anything less than a scandal . If he had not enjoyed the favour and protection of Lord Palmerston , such an outburst of un- licensed speech must in all ...
... English Sovereign , it is difficult to treat this rhetorical escapade as being anything less than a scandal . If he had not enjoyed the favour and protection of Lord Palmerston , such an outburst of un- licensed speech must in all ...
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... English Prime Minister , or a personal friend who happens to have crossed his path ; he strikes ' straight from the shoulder , ' to use the phraseology of the ring , with a force which shows how powerful he might have become in the ...
... English Prime Minister , or a personal friend who happens to have crossed his path ; he strikes ' straight from the shoulder , ' to use the phraseology of the ring , with a force which shows how powerful he might have become in the ...
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Thomas Wemyss Reid. fluences which are destined to play so great a part in English political history in the future . The training - ground of our politicians is no longer the University debating club , or even the back bench below the ...
Thomas Wemyss Reid. fluences which are destined to play so great a part in English political history in the future . The training - ground of our politicians is no longer the University debating club , or even the back bench below the ...
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