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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... affairs of the North of England , he speedily showed the special qualities for which he has since . been distinguished in Parliament . His re- markable powers of organisation found full employment in the creation and consolida- tion of ...
... affairs of the North of England , he speedily showed the special qualities for which he has since . been distinguished in Parliament . His re- markable powers of organisation found full employment in the creation and consolida- tion of ...
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... affairs , who has a de- cided talent for organisation , and who has not shown himself to be so hopelessly wedded to an impracticable policy as to be willing to sacrifice to theory his prospects of promotion to a seat on the Treasury ...
... affairs , who has a de- cided talent for organisation , and who has not shown himself to be so hopelessly wedded to an impracticable policy as to be willing to sacrifice to theory his prospects of promotion to a seat on the Treasury ...
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... affairs , which is so marked a characteristic of the English- man . Considerable as his success has been , it would probably have been greater in this , as in his personal career , if he had shown VOL . II . F more modesty and ...
... affairs , which is so marked a characteristic of the English- man . Considerable as his success has been , it would probably have been greater in this , as in his personal career , if he had shown VOL . II . F more modesty and ...
Page 86
... affairs , and they are now but ' shadows , not sub- stantial things , ' upon the stage of life . Mr. Roebuck , on the other hand , is still in the ranks of the fighting men . He has not yet retired upon half - pay , and it seems but the ...
... affairs , and they are now but ' shadows , not sub- stantial things , ' upon the stage of life . Mr. Roebuck , on the other hand , is still in the ranks of the fighting men . He has not yet retired upon half - pay , and it seems but the ...
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... affairs . Mr. Gladstone may with reason denounce the unsound financial de- vices of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , but he still treats him to sugared compli- ments , and never speaks of him save as a personal friend . Even Mr ...
... affairs . Mr. Gladstone may with reason denounce the unsound financial de- vices of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , but he still treats him to sugared compli- ments , and never speaks of him save as a personal friend . Even Mr ...
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