Lord Beaconsfield: A BiographyW. Mullan and Son, 1879 - 711 من الصفحات |
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... proposed a series of resolutions in the House of Commons , the general intention of which was transfer a considerable portion of the public burdens to the land . And to these proposals O'Connell and Hume - who are still , it must be ...
... proposed a series of resolutions in the House of Commons , the general intention of which was transfer a considerable portion of the public burdens to the land . And to these proposals O'Connell and Hume - who are still , it must be ...
الصفحة 73
... proposed in three different toasts ; the farmers hailed him at every possible moment with enthusiastic cheers ; he spoke three different times . Mark , too , how conscious son and father show themselves of their dignity ! The Marquis of ...
... proposed in three different toasts ; the farmers hailed him at every possible moment with enthusiastic cheers ; he spoke three different times . Mark , too , how conscious son and father show themselves of their dignity ! The Marquis of ...
الصفحة 74
... proposed , local magnate after magnate has spoken , and the time is gradually approaching when no toast will be left but " The Press , " and " The Ladies , " and still you have not had an opportunity of uttering a word . What a picture ...
... proposed , local magnate after magnate has spoken , and the time is gradually approaching when no toast will be left but " The Press , " and " The Ladies , " and still you have not had an opportunity of uttering a word . What a picture ...
الصفحة 89
... proposed and seconded , made some attempt , as will be seen , to repair the error of his electioneering indiscretions . This nomination speech is certainly one of the most startling even Lord Beaconsfield ever delivered ; and it ...
... proposed and seconded , made some attempt , as will be seen , to repair the error of his electioneering indiscretions . This nomination speech is certainly one of the most startling even Lord Beaconsfield ever delivered ; and it ...
الصفحة 94
... proposed the adoption of the ballot in the only constituencies willing to assume it . And now where is my inconsistency ? ( Loud cheers . ) . . . The mighty Whig party , which had consented to a revolution to gain power , fell to pieces ...
... proposed the adoption of the ballot in the only constituencies willing to assume it . And now where is my inconsistency ? ( Loud cheers . ) . . . The mighty Whig party , which had consented to a revolution to gain power , fell to pieces ...
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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.