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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... merely impos- tors , and had returned two honourable and upright men , who would do credit to their order in the House of Commons . This was a characteristic piece of Disrael- ism . The Prime Minister , as a matter of fact , knew ...
... merely impos- tors , and had returned two honourable and upright men , who would do credit to their order in the House of Commons . This was a characteristic piece of Disrael- ism . The Prime Minister , as a matter of fact , knew ...
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... mere wealth , however vast , or of mere talent , however brilliant . Thus the House of Commons contains at this moment many worthy and honourable men , who have fought their way upwards from humble beginnings until they have achieved ...
... mere wealth , however vast , or of mere talent , however brilliant . Thus the House of Commons contains at this moment many worthy and honourable men , who have fought their way upwards from humble beginnings until they have achieved ...
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... merely a higher conception of the meaning and worth of life , but enabled him to do something towards the full realisation of that conception . Not a few men who have made the world their debtors sprang from the loins of these simple ...
... merely a higher conception of the meaning and worth of life , but enabled him to do something towards the full realisation of that conception . Not a few men who have made the world their debtors sprang from the loins of these simple ...
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... mere boy he ' ' signed the pledge , ' and thus freed himself from the greatest peril which besets the miner's path ; and even in his earliest youth , when released from the black prison - house in which he earned his daily bread , he ...
... mere boy he ' ' signed the pledge , ' and thus freed himself from the greatest peril which besets the miner's path ; and even in his earliest youth , when released from the black prison - house in which he earned his daily bread , he ...
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... merely to most miners , but to most of the people whom chance or their own persistence thrusts into prominent positions before the public . Very quickly did he make his way and win the confidence of those around him ; for , fortunately ...
... merely to most miners , but to most of the people whom chance or their own persistence thrusts into prominent positions before the public . Very quickly did he make his way and win the confidence of those around him ; for , fortunately ...
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