Modern Statesmen, Or Sketches from the Strangers' Gallery of the House of CommonsWilliam Tweedie, 337, Strand, 1861 - 300 стор. |
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... favoured mortal was our facetious Premier . " Suda Palmerston seechas " ( Hither Palmerston , forthwith ! ) , we are told , was during the Crimean war the cry with which the Cossack of the Ukraine stilled his steed when restive , or ...
... favoured mortal was our facetious Premier . " Suda Palmerston seechas " ( Hither Palmerston , forthwith ! ) , we are told , was during the Crimean war the cry with which the Cossack of the Ukraine stilled his steed when restive , or ...
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... favour of their abolition was hastily written and published when he found that his great rival , Sir Robert Peel , was about to take steps in the direction of Free Trade . In his opposition to the budget of Sir Robert Peel , it is ques ...
... favour of their abolition was hastily written and published when he found that his great rival , Sir Robert Peel , was about to take steps in the direction of Free Trade . In his opposition to the budget of Sir Robert Peel , it is ques ...
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James Ewing Ritchie. acceptation of the term , a sense of thankfulness for favours to come ; or rather , that the law of humanity is , that when a man has done his work and taken his wages , he should trouble us no more . It is not the ...
James Ewing Ritchie. acceptation of the term , a sense of thankfulness for favours to come ; or rather , that the law of humanity is , that when a man has done his work and taken his wages , he should trouble us no more . It is not the ...
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... favour of hereditary statesmanship . Primâ facie , a man who has an impediment in his speech , so that his utterance is unpleasant and imperfect , stands a poor chance of being elected into an assembly one great qualification for which ...
... favour of hereditary statesmanship . Primâ facie , a man who has an impediment in his speech , so that his utterance is unpleasant and imperfect , stands a poor chance of being elected into an assembly one great qualification for which ...
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... favour of the admission of Jews to Parliament , of the Maynooth grant , and of the ex- emption of Dissenters from church - rates . When his father has been in office , Lord Stanley has been one of most valuable supporters in the Lower ...
... favour of the admission of Jews to Parliament , of the Maynooth grant , and of the ex- emption of Dissenters from church - rates . When his father has been in office , Lord Stanley has been one of most valuable supporters in the Lower ...
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Сторінка 188 - Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin, That never has known the Barber's shear All your wish is woman to win, This is the way that boys begin, — Wait till you come to Forty Year.
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Сторінка 288 - I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.
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