My Friend H: John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton of Broughton de GyffordJ. Murray, 1948 - 369 pages |
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... Tories had been in office , with one short interval , since 1783 , and there was little prospect of their giving place to the Whigs . But , in any case , to men of Hobhouse's political complexion there was no hope of better times for ...
... Tories had been in office , with one short interval , since 1783 , and there was little prospect of their giving place to the Whigs . But , in any case , to men of Hobhouse's political complexion there was no hope of better times for ...
Page 208
... Tories in power though gravely weakened , and the opening of the new Parliament found the Duke still full of fight . In the House of Lords Grey uttered a solemn warning : " You see the danger around you : the storm is on the horizon ...
... Tories in power though gravely weakened , and the opening of the new Parliament found the Duke still full of fight . In the House of Lords Grey uttered a solemn warning : " You see the danger around you : the storm is on the horizon ...
Page 213
... Tories were not quite so confident that the Ministry had committed suicide . He himself spoke to good effect on the third day , but the debate , which continued for a week , was chiefly remarkable for the emergence of a young man of ...
... Tories were not quite so confident that the Ministry had committed suicide . He himself spoke to good effect on the third day , but the debate , which continued for a week , was chiefly remarkable for the emergence of a young man of ...
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