The Queen. The Prince of Wales. Lord Beaconsfield. M. Gambetta. Mr. Gladstone. The editor of the 'Times.' Sir C. Dilke. Prince Bismark. Lord Salisbury. Mr. J. Cowen. Mr. Bright. Lord Derby. Sir W. Harcourt Mr. E. Jenkins. Mr. CrossGriffith & Farran, 1880 |
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... Europe , Asia , Africa , America , and Oceania , Empress of India , Protector of the Faith , was born May 24 , 1819 , her father being the Duke of Kent , fourth son of George the Third , and her mother the Princess Marie Louise Victoria ...
... Europe , Asia , Africa , America , and Oceania , Empress of India , Protector of the Faith , was born May 24 , 1819 , her father being the Duke of Kent , fourth son of George the Third , and her mother the Princess Marie Louise Victoria ...
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... Europe , must count as of merely mushroom growth . For a thousand years her ancestors have been kings and queens ; and during all that time , with but a few brief intervals , they have held their own on the stormy sea of his- tory ...
... Europe , must count as of merely mushroom growth . For a thousand years her ancestors have been kings and queens ; and during all that time , with but a few brief intervals , they have held their own on the stormy sea of his- tory ...
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... Europe who is not connected with her by ties of blood or marriage . Strange and unique position ! Scarcely is it possible for a war to break out upon the continent , in which she would not find herself compelled to divide her sympathies ...
... Europe who is not connected with her by ties of blood or marriage . Strange and unique position ! Scarcely is it possible for a war to break out upon the continent , in which she would not find herself compelled to divide her sympathies ...
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... Europe . Pamphleteers have even grumbled because she has written freely to some prince or king at a time of great public anxiety . Would they themselves submit to be de- barred from writing to their cousins or their uncles on questions ...
... Europe . Pamphleteers have even grumbled because she has written freely to some prince or king at a time of great public anxiety . Would they themselves submit to be de- barred from writing to their cousins or their uncles on questions ...
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... Europe . Vast indeed must be the know- ledge which she has thus accumulated . There are sound constitutional reasons , apart from this personal experience of the Sovereign , which make it right that she should not be a mere cipher in ...
... Europe . Vast indeed must be the know- ledge which she has thus accumulated . There are sound constitutional reasons , apart from this personal experience of the Sovereign , which make it right that she should not be a mere cipher in ...
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