The Public Life of the Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G., Etc., Etc, Volume 2Chapman & Hall, 1879 |
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... present Session - a period of about a month - feebleness , blunders , misfortunes , defeat and discomfiture have been the lot of Her Majesty's Government . And who has defeated them ? Who has discomfited them ? Who has reduced them to ...
... present Session - a period of about a month - feebleness , blunders , misfortunes , defeat and discomfiture have been the lot of Her Majesty's Government . And who has defeated them ? Who has discomfited them ? Who has reduced them to ...
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... a Parliamentary Session like that now closing , have two sources of consolation in the present state of affairs . In the first place we have what I think should be and what I have no doubt will be the greatest consolation.
... a Parliamentary Session like that now closing , have two sources of consolation in the present state of affairs . In the first place we have what I think should be and what I have no doubt will be the greatest consolation.
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... present lamentable state of public affairs is occasioned by the break up of parties , we at least can say , ' That allegation does not apply to us ; we are a Conserva- tive party ; we hold Conservative opinions ; we are prepared to ...
... present lamentable state of public affairs is occasioned by the break up of parties , we at least can say , ' That allegation does not apply to us ; we are a Conserva- tive party ; we hold Conservative opinions ; we are prepared to ...
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... present century . Men of all shades of political opinion attacked the Government , and all upon pretty much the same ground . Mr. Cobden began and Mr. Milner Gibson seconded the motion . Sir Bulwer Lytton , in a speech of striking ...
... present century . Men of all shades of political opinion attacked the Government , and all upon pretty much the same ground . Mr. Cobden began and Mr. Milner Gibson seconded the motion . Sir Bulwer Lytton , in a speech of striking ...
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... present difficulties were traceable to one or other of these causes . Under the first head he referred to what he considered to be the new policy of annexing States on the ground of the failure of natural heirs , though adoption was ...
... present difficulties were traceable to one or other of these causes . Under the first head he referred to what he considered to be the new policy of annexing States on the ground of the failure of natural heirs , though adoption was ...
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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.