Lord John RussellSampson, Low, Marston, Limited, 1895 - 381 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 44
עמוד 8
... Whilst Lord John was the guest of Mr. Fox at Stable Yard , the subject of Lord Melville's acquittal by the Peers came up for discussion . Next day the shrewd young critic wrote the following characteristic remark in his journal : ' What ...
... Whilst Lord John was the guest of Mr. Fox at Stable Yard , the subject of Lord Melville's acquittal by the Peers came up for discussion . Next day the shrewd young critic wrote the following characteristic remark in his journal : ' What ...
עמוד 20
... Whilst in Minorca Lord John received a letter from his father , informing him of the death of his old friend General Fitzpatrick , and also stating that the Duke meant to use his influence at Tavistock to obtain for his son a seat in ...
... Whilst in Minorca Lord John received a letter from his father , informing him of the death of his old friend General Fitzpatrick , and also stating that the Duke meant to use his influence at Tavistock to obtain for his son a seat in ...
עמוד 21
... whilst outside its walls hard - pressed taxpayers were moodily speculating on the probable figures in the nation's ' glory bill . ' The two years ' war with America was in progress . The battle between the Shannon and the Chesapeake was ...
... whilst outside its walls hard - pressed taxpayers were moodily speculating on the probable figures in the nation's ' glory bill . ' The two years ' war with America was in progress . The battle between the Shannon and the Chesapeake was ...
עמוד 23
... whilst Manchester , Leeds , and Birmingham , in spite of their great populations , and in spite , too , of keen political intelligence and far- reaching commercial activity , were not yet judged worthy of the least voice in affairs . At ...
... whilst Manchester , Leeds , and Birmingham , in spite of their great populations , and in spite , too , of keen political intelligence and far- reaching commercial activity , were not yet judged worthy of the least voice in affairs . At ...
עמוד 41
... Whilst the debate was proceeding Queen Caroline arrived in England from the Continent , and was received with much popular enthusiasm . Hostile measures were at once taken in the House of Commons against her , and though the despicable ...
... Whilst the debate was proceeding Queen Caroline arrived in England from the Continent , and was received with much popular enthusiasm . Hostile measures were at once taken in the House of Commons against her , and though the despicable ...
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affairs afterwards Althorp Austria became boroughs brought Cabinet career carried Catholic Church claims Cobden colleagues Corn Laws course crisis Crown Czar declared Disraeli Duke Durham Letter duty Earl Election Emperor England English Europe fact favour followed force Foreign Office France French George Gladstone Government honour hostile House of Commons interests Ireland Irish Italy John's Lady Russell leader liberty London Lord Aberdeen Lord Clarendon Lord Durham Lord Grey Lord John Russell Lord Melbourne Lord Palmerston Lord Russell Lord Stratford majority measure ment Ministry Napoleon nation never O'Connell once opinion Parliament party passed peace Pembroke Lodge political position Prime Minister proposed protest Queen question Radicals recognised Reform Bill refused reign religious repeal Russell's Russia Secretary sent Sir James Graham Sir Robert Peel speech spite statesman struggle thought tion took Tories Turkey Vienna vote Wellington Whigs whilst words wrote
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עמוד 80 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be...
עמוד 178 - Secondly, having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister. Such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her constitutional right of dismissing that Minister. She expects to be kept informed of what passes between him and the foreign Ministers before important decisions are taken, based upon that intercourse ; to receive the foreign despatches in good time ; and to have...
עמוד 79 - I trust only .for a moment. It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.
עמוד 306 - Her Majesty's Government can see no sufficient ground for the severe censure with which Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia have visited the acts of the King of Sardinia. Her Majesty's Government will turn their eyes rather to the gratifying prospect of a people building up the edifice of their liberties, and consolidating the work of their independence, amid the sympathies and good wishes of Europe.
עמוד 186 - I rely with confidence on the people of England ; and I will not bate a jot of heart or hope, so long as the glorious principles and the immortal martyrs of the Reformation shall be held in reverence by the great mass of a nation which looks with contempt on the mummeries of superstition, and with scorn at the laborious endeavours which are now making to confine the intellect and enslave the soul.
עמוד 185 - The honour paid to Saints, the claim of infallibility for the Church, the superstitious use of the sign of the Cross, the muttering of the Liturgy so as to disguise the language in which it is written, the recommendation of auricular confession, and the administration of penance and absolution...
עמוד 353 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
עמוד 186 - What then is the danger to be apprehended from a foreign prince of no great power compared to the danger within the gates from the unworthy sons of the Church of England herself?
עמוד 328 - Parliament will be called to the result thus obtained, with a view to such improvements in the laws which regulate the rights of voting in the election of members of the House of Commons as may tend to strengthen our free institutions and conduce to the public welfare.
עמוד 185 - ... superstitious use of the sign of the cross, the muttering of the liturgy so as to disguise the language in which it is written, the recommendation of auricular confession, and the administration of penance and absolution, all these things are pointed out by clergymen of the Church of England as worthy of adoption, and are now openly reprehended by the Bishop of London in his charge to the clergy of his diocese.