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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... object of great interest and importance , and in the early part of his reign he acquired no small share of popularity . People liked a King whose habits presented such a striking contrast to those of his predecessor . His attention to ...
... object of great interest and importance , and in the early part of his reign he acquired no small share of popularity . People liked a King whose habits presented such a striking contrast to those of his predecessor . His attention to ...
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... object of the Whigs is to remain in office , to put down the Radicals and Radicalism , and go on gradually and safely reforming ; above all to proceed as fast as the innumerable difficulties which impede their course will let them , in ...
... object of the Whigs is to remain in office , to put down the Radicals and Radicalism , and go on gradually and safely reforming ; above all to proceed as fast as the innumerable difficulties which impede their course will let them , in ...
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... object of all this parade and extravagance . The procession moving slowly through close ranks of Horse and Foot Guards hold- ing tapers and torches in their hands , whilst at intervals the bands played a dead march , had , however , a ...
... object of all this parade and extravagance . The procession moving slowly through close ranks of Horse and Foot Guards hold- ing tapers and torches in their hands , whilst at intervals the bands played a dead march , had , however , a ...
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... object . The Queen has been extremely kind and civil to the Queen Dowager , but she has taken no notice of the King's children , good , bad , or indifferent . Lord Munster asked for an audience to deliver up the keys of the Castle which ...
... object . The Queen has been extremely kind and civil to the Queen Dowager , but she has taken no notice of the King's children , good , bad , or indifferent . Lord Munster asked for an audience to deliver up the keys of the Castle which ...
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... object of her life , of all her thoughts and hopes , and now she was taken from her , and there was an end of all for which she had lived heretofore . Madame de Lieven said that she ought to be the happiest of human beings , to see the ...
... object of her life , of all her thoughts and hopes , and now she was taken from her , and there was an end of all for which she had lived heretofore . Madame de Lieven said that she ought to be the happiest of human beings , to see the ...
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