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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... asking him if Govern- ment would gain at the elections , " I think they will gain anyhow , but if they are wise they will gain largely . ' I said , ' I wonder what you call being wise ? ' He said , ' Take in Lord Durham . ' But they ...
... asking him if Govern- ment would gain at the elections , " I think they will gain anyhow , but if they are wise they will gain largely . ' I said , ' I wonder what you call being wise ? ' He said , ' Take in Lord Durham . ' But they ...
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... asked for an audience to deliver up the keys of the Castle which he had , and was very graciously received by her , but she did not give him back the keys . Adolphus FitzClarence has lost his Lordship of the Bedchamber , but then they ...
... asked for an audience to deliver up the keys of the Castle which he had , and was very graciously received by her , but she did not give him back the keys . Adolphus FitzClarence has lost his Lordship of the Bedchamber , but then they ...
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... asked for the Red Riband , an Irish peerage , and a pension of 3,000l . a year . She replied that the two first rested with her Ministers , and she could not engage for them , but that the 1837 ] THE QUEEN'S SELF - POSSESSION . pension ...
... asked for the Red Riband , an Irish peerage , and a pension of 3,000l . a year . She replied that the two first rested with her Ministers , and she could not engage for them , but that the 1837 ] THE QUEEN'S SELF - POSSESSION . pension ...
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... asked her permission to dedicate some novel to her , when she said she did not like to grant the permission without knowing the contents of the work , and she desired Melbourne to read the book and let her know if it was fit that she ...
... asked her permission to dedicate some novel to her , when she said she did not like to grant the permission without knowing the contents of the work , and she desired Melbourne to read the book and let her know if it was fit that she ...
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... asked George Bentinck to try my horse Mango ' before Doncaster , we went down together one night to Winchester race - course and saw him tried . He won the trial and we resolved to back him . This we accomplished more success- fully ...
... asked George Bentinck to try my horse Mango ' before Doncaster , we went down together one night to Winchester race - course and saw him tried . He won the trial and we resolved to back him . This we accomplished more success- fully ...
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