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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... 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 , whilst countless other illustrious families have risen and The Queen . 5.
... 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 , whilst countless other illustrious families have risen and The Queen . 5.
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Thomas Wemyss Reid. tory , whilst countless other illustrious families have risen and fallen again beside them . I own I can never look at the Queen without thinking of how many wonderful traditions , of how many great deeds , of how ...
Thomas Wemyss Reid. tory , whilst countless other illustrious families have risen and fallen again beside them . I own I can never look at the Queen without thinking of how many wonderful traditions , of how many great deeds , of how ...
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... whilst they are thus men without a work to do in life , they are exposed to all the temptations to which poor human nature is open , in their most powerful and subtle shapes . ' All the world and all the glory of it , whatever is most ...
... whilst they are thus men without a work to do in life , they are exposed to all the temptations to which poor human nature is open , in their most powerful and subtle shapes . ' All the world and all the glory of it , whatever is most ...
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... whilst the Prince's life is thus free from the dark blots which have disfigured the lives of some of his predecessors , it should not be forgotten that he has not been an idle man , either in public or in private . His ambition has ...
... whilst the Prince's life is thus free from the dark blots which have disfigured the lives of some of his predecessors , it should not be forgotten that he has not been an idle man , either in public or in private . His ambition has ...
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... , the Hebrew leader of the Tory party , had been singularly fortunate in displaying some of the best qualities of his people , whilst holding in abeyance their more char- acteristic defects . 44 Politicians of To - day .
... , the Hebrew leader of the Tory party , had been singularly fortunate in displaying some of the best qualities of his people , whilst holding in abeyance their more char- acteristic defects . 44 Politicians of To - day .
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