The Life and Speeches of Hon. George Brown |
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... mind , as well as from the nature of his experience in public life in India and Jamaica . Although an English Whig by his British party connections , he was an autocrat in spirit , and almost immediately on his arrival in Canada he ...
... mind , as well as from the nature of his experience in public life in India and Jamaica . Although an English Whig by his British party connections , he was an autocrat in spirit , and almost immediately on his arrival in Canada he ...
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... mind was not so quiescent as the agitators had calculated on , for although Lord Metcalfe proposed to vest the lands in the several sects , Mr. Sherwood failed to get an address passed to procure a new Imperial Act to authorize a ...
... mind was not so quiescent as the agitators had calculated on , for although Lord Metcalfe proposed to vest the lands in the several sects , Mr. Sherwood failed to get an address passed to procure a new Imperial Act to authorize a ...
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... minds slipped backward into the Tory lines , with the words " Baldwin Reformer " pinned on their breasts or painted on their backs . These people had none of the high character belonging to Mr. Baldwin ; they were not actuated by his ...
... minds slipped backward into the Tory lines , with the words " Baldwin Reformer " pinned on their breasts or painted on their backs . These people had none of the high character belonging to Mr. Baldwin ; they were not actuated by his ...
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... mind to publicly de- nounce the ministry as the only course left . The following reasons appeared in an article in the Globe of March 11th , 1851 : 66 The Globe came into existence when the reform party were out of office -when the ...
... mind to publicly de- nounce the ministry as the only course left . The following reasons appeared in an article in the Globe of March 11th , 1851 : 66 The Globe came into existence when the reform party were out of office -when the ...
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... mind ; besides , it was natural that he should feel an honourable ambition urging him to accept a seat in the parliament of his country . The truth was , however , that he was very reluctant to come forward as a candidate at this time ...
... mind ; besides , it was natural that he should feel an honourable ambition urging him to accept a seat in the parliament of his country . The truth was , however , that he was very reluctant to come forward as a candidate at this time ...
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