My Friend H: John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton of Broughton de GyffordJ. Murray, 1948 - 369 pages |
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Page 203
... heard him before ; for , although there was nothing new in his arguments , yet he gave ingenious turns to many points , and his concluding sentences were in the highest degree oratorical and affecting . At the same time it was difficult ...
... heard him before ; for , although there was nothing new in his arguments , yet he gave ingenious turns to many points , and his concluding sentences were in the highest degree oratorical and affecting . At the same time it was difficult ...
Page 302
... heard it stated positively as a fact that the Court of Directors had remonstrated with me against the expedition beyond the Indus . It was not so . The Court acquiesced , with only one exception , in the whole transaction ; and I never ...
... heard it stated positively as a fact that the Court of Directors had remonstrated with me against the expedition beyond the Indus . It was not so . The Court acquiesced , with only one exception , in the whole transaction ; and I never ...
Page 316
... heard that Lord Melbourne had died the day before . His years of retirement had not been so happy as might have been expected , for in spite of his indolent , indifferent manner , he had found too much pleasure in high office to take ...
... heard that Lord Melbourne had died the day before . His years of retirement had not been so happy as might have been expected , for in spite of his indolent , indifferent manner , he had found too much pleasure in high office to take ...
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admiration afterwards Althorp Annabella asked Bill Broughton Burdett Cabinet called carriage crowd dear delight dined dinner Duke of Wellington election Emperor England English Erle Stoke favour feel Francis Place French Government hand happy hear heard Hobhouse wrote Hobhouse's honour hope House of Commons House of Lords India John Cam journal King Kinnaird labour Lady Julia later letter lived London looked Lord Durham Lord Grey Lord Holland Lord John Russell Lord Lansdowne Lord Melbourne Lord Tavistock Majesty Minister Moore morning Murray Napoleon never noted o'clock once Palmerston Paris Parliament party passed Peel person political Queen Radical reading received Reform refused replied resignation returned scene Scrope Davies seat seemed Sir Francis Burdett soon speech Street talk thought told took Tories vote walked Westminster Whigs wish write wrote Hobhouse