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... course devoted to the approaching peace . The debate on the Address was very short , and Mr. Disraeli's contribution to it was a brief speech , in which he explained why he refrained from criticising the action of the Government , and ...
... course devoted to the approaching peace . The debate on the Address was very short , and Mr. Disraeli's contribution to it was a brief speech , in which he explained why he refrained from criticising the action of the Government , and ...
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... course of this Session the conduct of the United States Government in turning Mr. Crampton out of Washing- ton , on account of what he had done for the promotion of enlistment for the Prince Consort's especial hobby , the " Foreign ...
... course of this Session the conduct of the United States Government in turning Mr. Crampton out of Washing- ton , on account of what he had done for the promotion of enlistment for the Prince Consort's especial hobby , the " Foreign ...
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... of the country to which we owe all our reputation and all our greatness . ' ' " " Two great convulsions abroad in the course of the autumn The Lorcha " Arrow . " 17 were to do 16 The Public Life of the Earl of Beaconsfield .
... of the country to which we owe all our reputation and all our greatness . ' ' " " Two great convulsions abroad in the course of the autumn The Lorcha " Arrow . " 17 were to do 16 The Public Life of the Earl of Beaconsfield .
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... course of the short and touching speech which he then delivered , he warned his hearers against relying on a long continued peace in India . By January 1857 , his forebodings were realised , General Hearsey reporting to the Government ...
... course of the short and touching speech which he then delivered , he warned his hearers against relying on a long continued peace in India . By January 1857 , his forebodings were realised , General Hearsey reporting to the Government ...
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... course in the Neuchatel dispute , which but for the prudence of the Swiss would have involved them in war , and embroiled the entire continent . Happily the tranquillity of Europe was so well established , that even a " firebrand ...
... course in the Neuchatel dispute , which but for the prudence of the Swiss would have involved them in war , and embroiled the entire continent . Happily the tranquillity of Europe was so well established , that even a " firebrand ...
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