Lord Beaconsfield: A BiographyW. Mullan and Son, 1879 - 711 من الصفحات |
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... just then been defeated in an attempt to get into Parliament for the borough of Wycombe , where he attributed his failure to want of support by the Contarini asks us to allow that " some exemption from BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS . 23.
... just then been defeated in an attempt to get into Parliament for the borough of Wycombe , where he attributed his failure to want of support by the Contarini asks us to allow that " some exemption from BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS . 23.
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... Parliament by two Members , and these two Members were elected exclusively by the corporation and burgesses of the town . High Wycombe had for many years been represented by the Hon . Robert Smith and Sir Thomas Baring , both staunch ...
... Parliament by two Members , and these two Members were elected exclusively by the corporation and burgesses of the town . High Wycombe had for many years been represented by the Hon . Robert Smith and Sir Thomas Baring , both staunch ...
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... Parliament . " I have no personal influence at that place , or I would use it immediately in your favour ; but I should hope that the day has arrived when the electors will consider the qualifications of the candidates , and , in the ...
... Parliament . " I have no personal influence at that place , or I would use it immediately in your favour ; but I should hope that the day has arrived when the electors will consider the qualifications of the candidates , and , in the ...
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... Parliament ; but , at the same time I wrote that letter , I was not aware that he would come in opposition to either of you , to disturb you in your present seats , and I feel con- cerned that I should in any way , by my statement in ...
... Parliament ; but , at the same time I wrote that letter , I was not aware that he would come in opposition to either of you , to disturb you in your present seats , and I feel con- cerned that I should in any way , by my statement in ...
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... Parliament was dissolved on August 16 , and Mr. Disraeli resolved to seek a second time the suffrages of the Wycombe ... Parliaments , and retrenchment of the public expenditure . After a violent attack on the Ministry , the address ...
... Parliament was dissolved on August 16 , and Mr. Disraeli resolved to seek a second time the suffrages of the Wycombe ... Parliaments , and retrenchment of the public expenditure . After a violent attack on the Ministry , the address ...
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الصفحة 361 - Look here, upon this picture, and on this, The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury...
الصفحة 648 - Let the Queen of the English collect a great fleet, let her stow away all her treasure, bullion, gold plate, and precious arms; be accompanied by all her court and chief people, and transfer the seat of her empire from London to Delhi.
الصفحة 275 - I remember when that great struggle was taking place — when the existence of the Turkish empire was at stake, the late sultan, a man of great energy and fertile in resources, was determined to fit out an immense fleet to maintain his empire. Accordingly, a vast armament was collected.
الصفحة 557 - I had to prepare the mind of the country, and to educate — if it be not arrogant to use such a phrase — to educate our party. It is a large party, and requires its attention to be called to questions of this kind with some pressure. I had to prepare the mind of Parliament and the country on this question of Reform.
الصفحة 158 - I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last; ay, sir, and though I sit down now, the time will come when you will hear me.
الصفحة 255 - We can have no whining here.' And that, sir, is exactly the case of the great agricultural interest — that beauty which everybody wooed and one deluded. There is a fatality in such charms, and we now seem to approach the catastrophe of her career.
الصفحة 75 - Standing upon Asia, and gazing upon Europe, with the broad Hellespont alone between us, and the shadow of night descending on the mountains, these mighty continents appeared to me, as it were, the rival principles of government that, at present, contend for the mastery of the world. ' What ! ' I exclaimed, ' Is the revolution of France a less important event than the siege of Troy ? Is Napoleon a less interesting character than Achilles ? For me remains the Revolutionary Epick.
الصفحة 21 - The Bar, pooh ! law and bad jokes till we are forty ; and then, with the most brilliant success, the prospect of gout and a coronet. Besides, to succeed as an advocate, I must be a great lawyer; and to be a great lawyer, I must give up my chance of being a great man.
الصفحة 502 - Except for preventing or repelling actual invasion of Her Majesty's Indian Possessions, or under other sudden and urgent necessity, the revenues of India shall not, without the consent of both Houses of Parliament, be applicable to defray the expenses of any military operation carried on beyond the external frontiers of such possessions by Her Majesty's forces charged upon such revenues.
الصفحة 292 - Peel declared that he found it ' no easy task to ensure the harmonious and united action of an ancient monarchy, a proud aristocracy, and a reformed House of Commons.