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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... Prime Minister , with a large majority at his back . In 1876 , he was created Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughen- den . In 1878 , after his return from the Berlin Congress , where he had acted as first Plenipotentiary of Great ...
... Prime Minister , with a large majority at his back . In 1876 , he was created Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughen- den . In 1878 , after his return from the Berlin Congress , where he had acted as first Plenipotentiary of Great ...
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... Prime Minister of England . Mighty impartial ' was indeed a mild term in which to describe a poli- tician who , on looking for a seat in Par- liament , was uncertain as to whether he would accept the patronage of Lord Dur- ham or of the ...
... Prime Minister of England . Mighty impartial ' was indeed a mild term in which to describe a poli- tician who , on looking for a seat in Par- liament , was uncertain as to whether he would accept the patronage of Lord Dur- ham or of the ...
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... Prime Minister who sat during the lifetime of a generation in the House of Commons , and who fairly won his place among the nobles of England , should have committed himself to the hopeless task of converting his great office into an ...
... Prime Minister who sat during the lifetime of a generation in the House of Commons , and who fairly won his place among the nobles of England , should have committed himself to the hopeless task of converting his great office into an ...
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... Prime Minister in the reign of Queen Anne ; but in the days of Victoria , and as the lead- ing member of a Parliamentary Govern- ment , he is , in spite of all his accomplish- ments and his talents , an anachronism of which it is our ...
... Prime Minister in the reign of Queen Anne ; but in the days of Victoria , and as the lead- ing member of a Parliamentary Govern- ment , he is , in spite of all his accomplish- ments and his talents , an anachronism of which it is our ...
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... prime mover , the burden and heat of the battle rested upon the shoulders of Gambetta ; and after the sudden death of the illustrious Thiers , he may be said to have waged the combat almost single - handed . I look upon this period as ...
... prime mover , the burden and heat of the battle rested upon the shoulders of Gambetta ; and after the sudden death of the illustrious Thiers , he may be said to have waged the combat almost single - handed . I look upon this period as ...
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