 | 1874 - 614 pages
...and meddling interference' with ,the affairs of the people ; and who desired that there should be ' a little more ' energy in our foreign policy, and a little less in our domestic ' legislation.'* The Church was to be preserved, the ' strength ' and stability of England ' maintained, and salutary... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1875 - 1342 pages
...speaking, I should sav of the administration of the last five years that it would have been better for us all if there had been a little more energy in our foreign policy ami a little less in onr domestic legislation. "By an act of folly or of ignorance rarely equaled,... | |
 | Herbert Allan - Great Britain - 1879 - 72 pages
...predecessors in office, in January 1874 Mr. Disraeli affirmed that "it would have been better for us all if there had been a little more energy in our...policy and a little less in our domestic legislation." If lack of energy be a merit in home affairs, Lord Beaconsfield's Administration may confidently challenge... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - 1879 - 556 pages
...the "harassing legislation" to which the country had been subjected, and he expressed a wish that " there had been a little more energy in our foreign...policy and a little less in our domestic legislation." He complained of the " equivocal and entangling engagements " by which we had been dragged into the... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - 1879 - 546 pages
...the " harassing legislation " to which the country had been subjected, and he expressed a wish that " there had been a little more energy in our foreign...policy and a little less in our domestic legislation." He complained of the " equivocal and entangling engagements " by which we had been dragged into the... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - 1879 - 546 pages
...the "harassing legislation" to which the country had been subjected, and he expressed a wish that " there had been a little more energy in our foreign policy and a little less in our Address to the Bucks Electors. 461 domestic legislation." He complained of the " equivocal and entangling... | |
 | George Charles Brodrick - Great Britain - 1879 - 620 pages
...English people, tired of incessant and harassing activity on the part of the legislature, desired " a little more energy in our foreign policy, and a little less in our domestic legislation." If this language meant anything, it meant that, under the present Government, Parliament would be invited... | |
 | English periodicals - 1880 - 518 pages
...constituents, " I should say of the Administration of the last five years that it would have been better for us all if there had been a little more energy in our...policy, and a little less in our domestic legislation." The remark not only hit a blot, but, as the result has shown, it declared an alternative policy. In... | |
 | Peter William Clayden - Great Britain - 1880 - 566 pages
...say of the Administration of the past five years, that it would have been better for us all had there been a little more energy in our foreign policy and a little less in our domestic legislation." Then followed the most striking paragraph in the Address, which must be quoted in full. " By an act... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pages
...say of the Administration of the past five years, that it would have been better for us all had there been a little more energy in our foreign policy, and a little less in our domestic legislation." In one respect, however, the energetic domestic legislation had been beneficent, for the new Ministry... | |
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I should say of the administration of the last five years that it would have been better for us all if there had been a little more energy in our foreign policy and a little less in our domestic- legislation. 
