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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... interest in his work and his career has been of no small advantage to him in all that he has since accomplished . Four or five years later , the opportunity of quit- ting the pit , and laying aside the ' pick ' in favour of the pen ...
... interest in his work and his career has been of no small advantage to him in all that he has since accomplished . Four or five years later , the opportunity of quit- ting the pit , and laying aside the ' pick ' in favour of the pen ...
Page 59
Thomas Wemyss Reid. rises to address the House on any subject of general interest - and he never troubles himself to speak on any other - everybody knows that whatever may be the speaker's views , he will at least give utterance to them ...
Thomas Wemyss Reid. rises to address the House on any subject of general interest - and he never troubles himself to speak on any other - everybody knows that whatever may be the speaker's views , he will at least give utterance to them ...
Page 88
... interests to the principles he has espoused ; but he has also done irreparable damage to more than one cause with which he has been associated , by his petulance , his vanity , and his bitter jealousy . He is , in short , a bundle of ...
... interests to the principles he has espoused ; but he has also done irreparable damage to more than one cause with which he has been associated , by his petulance , his vanity , and his bitter jealousy . He is , in short , a bundle of ...
Page 99
... been slow to fly at the throat of Minister or private Member when the public interest seemed to demand vigorous action of this kind . So the country — as witness the Crimean Inquiry — has , in a certain sense Mr. Roebuck . 99.
... been slow to fly at the throat of Minister or private Member when the public interest seemed to demand vigorous action of this kind . So the country — as witness the Crimean Inquiry — has , in a certain sense Mr. Roebuck . 99.
Page 106
... interest , as it did to the difficulties of the young man's brave struggle against fate . Yet , although Mr. Fawcett was not a speaker who was likely to win the applause of shallow or careless hearers , he was 106 Politicians of To - day .
... interest , as it did to the difficulties of the young man's brave struggle against fate . Yet , although Mr. Fawcett was not a speaker who was likely to win the applause of shallow or careless hearers , he was 106 Politicians of To - day .
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