The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Volume 2Longmans, Green and Company, 1878 |
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... Minister - The Times - Windsor Castle Vote of Want of Confidence - The Chinese War- Irish Registration : scene in ... Ministerial crisis of December 1845 : let- ters to Mrs. Trevelyan - Letter to Mr. Macfarlan— Fall of Sir Robert Peel ...
... Minister - The Times - Windsor Castle Vote of Want of Confidence - The Chinese War- Irish Registration : scene in ... Ministerial crisis of December 1845 : let- ters to Mrs. Trevelyan - Letter to Mr. Macfarlan— Fall of Sir Robert Peel ...
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... Ministers , he says , have felt only his little finger . He will now put forth his red right hand . They shall have 1 The boy died in 1847 , having already shown as fair promise of remarkable ability , and fine character , as can be ...
... Ministers , he says , have felt only his little finger . He will now put forth his red right hand . They shall have 1 The boy died in 1847 , having already shown as fair promise of remarkable ability , and fine character , as can be ...
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... Ministers who had themselves placed him in the fore- front of the battle , it is more becoming to leave it for Tory historians to recount the tale . To Lord Brougham's treatment of his former colleague justice is done in the last ...
... Ministers who had themselves placed him in the fore- front of the battle , it is more becoming to leave it for Tory historians to recount the tale . To Lord Brougham's treatment of his former colleague justice is done in the last ...
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... Ministers wanted my help in Parliament . I went to him , and he delivered to me two letters - one from Lord Melbourne , and the other from Rice . They press me to become Judge Advocate , and assure me that a seat in Parliament may be ...
... Ministers wanted my help in Parliament . I went to him , and he delivered to me two letters - one from Lord Melbourne , and the other from Rice . They press me to become Judge Advocate , and assure me that a seat in Parliament may be ...
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... Ministers , the Judges , the Ambassadors , the Governors of Colonies , the very Commanders - in - Chief and Lords of the Admiralty , were , without one exception , bishops or priests ; and if the highest post open to the noblest ...
... Ministers , the Judges , the Ambassadors , the Governors of Colonies , the very Commanders - in - Chief and Lords of the Admiralty , were , without one exception , bishops or priests ; and if the highest post open to the noblest ...
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