The public life of the ... earl of Beaconsfield, Issue 75, Volume 21879 |
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... side of the Angels " -Commencement of the Reform Agitation - Session of 1865- Canada and the United States - Death of Mr. Cobden - Mr . Baines's Reform Bill - The Westbury Scandal — The General Election - The falling Ministry - Mr ...
... side of the Angels " -Commencement of the Reform Agitation - Session of 1865- Canada and the United States - Death of Mr. Cobden - Mr . Baines's Reform Bill - The Westbury Scandal — The General Election - The falling Ministry - Mr ...
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... sides of the House there has been but one anxious desire to veil the weak- ness of the Government , if unhappily they are weak ; and yet , at a most important crisis in the history and fortunes of the country , Her Majesty's Government ...
... sides of the House there has been but one anxious desire to veil the weak- ness of the Government , if unhappily they are weak ; and yet , at a most important crisis in the history and fortunes of the country , Her Majesty's Government ...
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... second night of the debate in the Lords - and lasted during four nights . The gravity of the situation was fully appreciated by both sides , and meetings were held under the presidency of Lord Derby and of Lord Palmerston respec-
... second night of the debate in the Lords - and lasted during four nights . The gravity of the situation was fully appreciated by both sides , and meetings were held under the presidency of Lord Derby and of Lord Palmerston respec-
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... side condemned the bombardment of Canton as an " onslaught upon old men , women and children , based upon a miserable , contemptible and cowardly quibble . ” Lord Robert Cecil argued that honour , justice and truth , were likely to do ...
... side condemned the bombardment of Canton as an " onslaught upon old men , women and children , based upon a miserable , contemptible and cowardly quibble . ” Lord Robert Cecil argued that honour , justice and truth , were likely to do ...
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... side , but the maintenance of the French alliance , and in the hope that the Bill of the Government would tend towards that end , he should vote for bringing it in , subject to such revision and reconsideration on the second reading as ...
... side , but the maintenance of the French alliance , and in the hope that the Bill of the Government would tend towards that end , he should vote for bringing it in , subject to such revision and reconsideration on the second reading as ...
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