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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... called the Spottiswoode Gang . ' An association had been formed in London for the purpose of collecting money to test the validity of the Irish elections wholesale . Mr. Spottiswoode , one of the Queen's printers , was the president of ...
... called the Spottiswoode Gang . ' An association had been formed in London for the purpose of collecting money to test the validity of the Irish elections wholesale . Mr. Spottiswoode , one of the Queen's printers , was the president of ...
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... called for , but I heard he had declared he would not much longer endure the continual twittings and punchings that Brougham every day dealt out to some one or other of the Ministers . The Chancellor , Lord Lansdowne , and Glenelg , had ...
... called for , but I heard he had declared he would not much longer endure the continual twittings and punchings that Brougham every day dealt out to some one or other of the Ministers . The Chancellor , Lord Lansdowne , and Glenelg , had ...
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... called ' Memoirs of the Time of George IV . , ' which might well set all the world what Scott calls ' gurnelising , ' for nobody could by possibility compile or compose anything more vile or despic- able . Since I came here , a world of ...
... called ' Memoirs of the Time of George IV . , ' which might well set all the world what Scott calls ' gurnelising , ' for nobody could by possibility compile or compose anything more vile or despic- able . Since I came here , a world of ...
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... to place the Govern- ment in a false position , for while the opposition to the Ballot has been called a Government measure ( and William 1838 ] LORD JOHN OPPOSES THE BALLOT . 61 Cowper 60 [ CHAP . II . REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA ,
... to place the Govern- ment in a false position , for while the opposition to the Ballot has been called a Government measure ( and William 1838 ] LORD JOHN OPPOSES THE BALLOT . 61 Cowper 60 [ CHAP . II . REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA ,
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... called the two sailors to order , and he treated them with great contumely and abuse in his speech . Lyndhurst 2 made him very wroth by asking him if he had any right to write to the Speaker , ' and Melbourne made a short , but very ...
... called the two sailors to order , and he treated them with great contumely and abuse in his speech . Lyndhurst 2 made him very wroth by asking him if he had any right to write to the Speaker , ' and Melbourne made a short , but very ...
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