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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... living politi- cians . But I have endeavoured in writing these slight sketches , to bring those of whom I write somewhat more closely and clearly before the eyes of my readers , than they can be brought through the medium of leading ...
... living politi- cians . But I have endeavoured in writing these slight sketches , to bring those of whom I write somewhat more closely and clearly before the eyes of my readers , than they can be brought through the medium of leading ...
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... living head of a family , beside which almost all the other great houses , both royal and noble , of Europe , must count as of merely mushroom growth . For a thousand years her ancestors have been kings and queens ; and during all that ...
... living head of a family , beside which almost all the other great houses , both royal and noble , of Europe , must count as of merely mushroom growth . For a thousand years her ancestors have been kings and queens ; and during all that ...
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... living statesman . Unfortunately his weakness for what he himself has called the ' sustained splendour of a stately life , ' his passion for his- trionic triumphs , his reverence for dignities , his tribal sympathies and antipathies ...
... living statesman . Unfortunately his weakness for what he himself has called the ' sustained splendour of a stately life , ' his passion for his- trionic triumphs , his reverence for dignities , his tribal sympathies and antipathies ...
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... living English statesmen , is that he will not stick to the prescribed routine of his position . When he was a youth , just beginning public life , and with a hard battle for re- cognition before him , he annoyed his friends and patrons ...
... living English statesmen , is that he will not stick to the prescribed routine of his position . When he was a youth , just beginning public life , and with a hard battle for re- cognition before him , he annoyed his friends and patrons ...
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... living probably has so many enemies as the German Chancellor . There is no corner of Europe where his influence has not been felt , and there is hardly a single spot where it has not been felt in an unpleasant way . This fact must be ...
... living probably has so many enemies as the German Chancellor . There is no corner of Europe where his influence has not been felt , and there is hardly a single spot where it has not been felt in an unpleasant way . This fact must be ...
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