Life, Letters, and Diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote, First Earl of Iddesleigh, Volume 2W. Blackwood and Sons, 1890 - Politicians |
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... hand or apology and arbitration on the other , Sir Stafford wrote to Mr Disraeli ( January 24 , 1873 ) : " Our work has not been made more palatable by persons who have spoken as though the alternative had been war . There was no such ...
... hand or apology and arbitration on the other , Sir Stafford wrote to Mr Disraeli ( January 24 , 1873 ) : " Our work has not been made more palatable by persons who have spoken as though the alternative had been war . There was no such ...
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... but which you did not hand in as part of the proceed- ings . It was to the effect that , besides the direct losses occasioned by the 1871. ] LETTER TO MR FISH . 11 to the 10 ALABAMA CLAIMS AND TREATY OF WASHINGTON . [ 1871 .
... but which you did not hand in as part of the proceed- ings . It was to the effect that , besides the direct losses occasioned by the 1871. ] LETTER TO MR FISH . 11 to the 10 ALABAMA CLAIMS AND TREATY OF WASHINGTON . [ 1871 .
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Andrew Lang. and iced cream , with which we relieved our feelings after shaking hands all round . And now the breaking - up begins . " • · May 21 saw " our last day at Washington , and quite a melancholy one . It is curious to have made ...
Andrew Lang. and iced cream , with which we relieved our feelings after shaking hands all round . And now the breaking - up begins . " • · May 21 saw " our last day at Washington , and quite a melancholy one . It is curious to have made ...
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... hand , the Senate rejected that treaty , partly , at least , on the ground that it took cognisance only of private claims , and not of those put forward on the part of the Government of the United States . Our object was to let in the ...
... hand , the Senate rejected that treaty , partly , at least , on the ground that it took cognisance only of private claims , and not of those put forward on the part of the Government of the United States . Our object was to let in the ...
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... hand it was not to be ex- pected that the Americans should consent to be bound by them for the future , if they were to derive no benefit from them as regards the past . I do not altogether like the shape the arrangement has taken ...
... hand it was not to be ex- pected that the Americans should consent to be bound by them for the future , if they were to derive no benefit from them as regards the past . I do not altogether like the shape the arrangement has taken ...
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