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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... never filled any office of a political nature , and who never lived in con- fidential intercourse with the Court ) with that of the bold adviser of Charles II . and James II , and the trusted councillor of William and Mary . Bishop ...
... never filled any office of a political nature , and who never lived in con- fidential intercourse with the Court ) with that of the bold adviser of Charles II . and James II , and the trusted councillor of William and Mary . Bishop ...
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... never held any important office in the State , and who derived his knowledge of public affairs entirely from the intercourse of private friend- ship , with the correspondence and private records of sovereigns , ministers , and statesmen ...
... never held any important office in the State , and who derived his knowledge of public affairs entirely from the intercourse of private friend- ship , with the correspondence and private records of sovereigns , ministers , and statesmen ...
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... never seems to have hesitated about retain- ing him as his Minister when he came to the throne . exaltation ( for the moment ) completely turned his head , but as his situation got familiar to him he became more com- posed and rational ...
... never seems to have hesitated about retain- ing him as his Minister when he came to the throne . exaltation ( for the moment ) completely turned his head , but as his situation got familiar to him he became more com- posed and rational ...
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... never been accused or suspected of any underhand or indirect proceeding for the purpose of emancipating him- self from a thraldom so galling . Of political dexterity and artifice he was altogether incapable , and although , if he had ...
... never been accused or suspected of any underhand or indirect proceeding for the purpose of emancipating him- self from a thraldom so galling . Of political dexterity and artifice he was altogether incapable , and although , if he had ...
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... never re- ceived the homage of a Bishop without giving him a lecture ; and the custom he introduced of giving toasts and making speeches at all his dinners was more suitable to a tavern than to a palace . He was totally deficient in ...
... never re- ceived the homage of a Bishop without giving him a lecture ; and the custom he introduced of giving toasts and making speeches at all his dinners was more suitable to a tavern than to a palace . He was totally deficient in ...
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