The Greville Memoirs (second Part): A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1852Longmans, Green, and Company, 1885 - Great Britain |
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... appear to me to prescribe the omission , at the present time , of some passages that may more fitly be published hereafter . Accordingly , I have exercised to some extent the discretionary powers entrusted to me by the Author with these ...
... appear to me to prescribe the omission , at the present time , of some passages that may more fitly be published hereafter . Accordingly , I have exercised to some extent the discretionary powers entrusted to me by the Author with these ...
Page xv
... appears to me the most consistent with the duty I accepted from the Author , and which I owe to the public . It must not be supposed , however , that the passages which are omitted in this edition contain anything which it would be ...
... appears to me the most consistent with the duty I accepted from the Author , and which I owe to the public . It must not be supposed , however , that the passages which are omitted in this edition contain anything which it would be ...
Page xvi
... appears to him to be extremely dull , and that to avoid dullness the manuscript should be carefully revised before it is made public . I have not the same dread of dullness which affected Mr. Greville . A passage may be found to contain ...
... appears to him to be extremely dull , and that to avoid dullness the manuscript should be carefully revised before it is made public . I have not the same dread of dullness which affected Mr. Greville . A passage may be found to contain ...
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... appears nothing more to do or to think about ; there are no changes , and there is no talk of change . Her Majesty has continued quietly at Kensington , where she transacts business with her Ministers , and everything goes on as if she ...
... appears nothing more to do or to think about ; there are no changes , and there is no talk of change . Her Majesty has continued quietly at Kensington , where she transacts business with her Ministers , and everything goes on as if she ...
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... appear that he took fright at their extensive plans of reform when they were first promulgated . He was probably bit by the popularity which the Reform Bill procured him , and it was not until he had gone too far to recede with safety ...
... appear that he took fright at their extensive plans of reform when they were first promulgated . He was probably bit by the popularity which the Reform Bill procured him , and it was not until he had gone too far to recede with safety ...
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