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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... took place after the close of 1851 , the subsequent establishment of the Imperial power in France , the formation of the Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen , followed in 1853 by the Crimean War , mark an important epoch in the history of this ...
... took place after the close of 1851 , the subsequent establishment of the Imperial power in France , the formation of the Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen , followed in 1853 by the Crimean War , mark an important epoch in the history of this ...
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... took place , upon the death of Lord Liverpool , Mr. Canning thought the Duke of Clarence's appointment to the office of Lord High Admiral would strengthen his Government , and at the same time relieve him from some of the difficulties ...
... took place , upon the death of Lord Liverpool , Mr. Canning thought the Duke of Clarence's appointment to the office of Lord High Admiral would strengthen his Government , and at the same time relieve him from some of the difficulties ...
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... 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 that he was ...
... 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 that he was ...
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... took to agitating and making violent speeches . This exasperated Lord Grey , who , in his turn , denounced him in the King's Speech , and hence that feud between O'Connell and the Whigs , which was only terminated by the attempt of the ...
... took to agitating and making violent speeches . This exasperated Lord Grey , who , in his turn , denounced him in the King's Speech , and hence that feud between O'Connell and the Whigs , which was only terminated by the attempt of the ...
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... took any part ; never opposed it ; but , if appealed to , expressed his acquies- cence by silent nods . Of late , when a great clamour has been raised against the Act , and language bordering on sedition has been used , he has never ...
... took any part ; never opposed it ; but , if appealed to , expressed his acquies- cence by silent nods . Of late , when a great clamour has been raised against the Act , and language bordering on sedition has been used , he has never ...
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