The Public Life of the Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G., Etc., Etc, Volume 2Chapman & Hall, 1879 |
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... Amendment - State of Europe— Defeat of the Government - Ministerial Statements - The impending Dissolution Statement on Condition of Europe - The Dissolution — Mr . Disraeli in Buckinghamshire — The " enormous lies " of the Opposition ...
... Amendment - State of Europe— Defeat of the Government - Ministerial Statements - The impending Dissolution Statement on Condition of Europe - The Dissolution — Mr . Disraeli in Buckinghamshire — The " enormous lies " of the Opposition ...
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... Amendment - Mr . Disraeli on Lord Russell's “ candid foreign policy ” —Public Business - The Budget -Mr . Disraeli's criticism - Prorogation - Ministers and the Confederate States - Death of the Prince Consort - Parliament opened by ...
... Amendment - Mr . Disraeli on Lord Russell's “ candid foreign policy ” —Public Business - The Budget -Mr . Disraeli's criticism - Prorogation - Ministers and the Confederate States - Death of the Prince Consort - Parliament opened by ...
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... amendment - Mr . Disraeli closes the Debate - The Church and the Nation - Mr . Gladstone's Resolutions on the Irish Church - Mr . Disraeli's letter to Lord Dartmouth - Lord Stanley's amendment - Lord Beacons- field on Mr. Gladstone and ...
... amendment - Mr . Disraeli closes the Debate - The Church and the Nation - Mr . Gladstone's Resolutions on the Irish Church - Mr . Disraeli's letter to Lord Dartmouth - Lord Stanley's amendment - Lord Beacons- field on Mr. Gladstone and ...
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... Amendment on the Report - Close of the Session - The Bath Election - Lord Beaconsfield at Glasgow - Speech as Lord Rector- Banquet in the City Hall - The Tories not anxious to be rid of him- Rest and retirement - Mr . Gladstone ...
... Amendment on the Report - Close of the Session - The Bath Election - Lord Beaconsfield at Glasgow - Speech as Lord Rector- Banquet in the City Hall - The Tories not anxious to be rid of him- Rest and retirement - Mr . Gladstone ...
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... amended ; some of the recommendations of the University Commission had been embodied in an Act ; the principle of Limited Liability in Joint Stock undertakings had been recognized ; the powers of the County Courts enlarged ; and the ...
... amended ; some of the recommendations of the University Commission had been embodied in an Act ; the principle of Limited Liability in Joint Stock undertakings had been recognized ; the powers of the County Courts enlarged ; and the ...
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Page 97 - I cannot help saying," he went on, " that the measure which the Cabinet are prepared to recommend is one which we should all of us have stoutly opposed if either Lord Palmerston or Lord John Russell had ventured to bring it forward.