The Greville Memoirs (second Part): A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1852, Part 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1885 - Great Britain |
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... seems to have hesitated about retain- ing him as his Minister when he came to the throne . His exaltation ( for the moment ) completely turned his head , but as his situation got familiar to him he became more com- posed and rational ...
... seems to have hesitated about retain- ing him as his Minister when he came to the throne . His exaltation ( for the moment ) completely turned his head , but as his situation got familiar to him he became more com- posed and rational ...
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... seem disposed to act . After all , it appears to me that a mighty fuss is made about Durham without any sufficient reason , that his political influence is small , his power less , and that it is a matter of great indifference whether ...
... seem disposed to act . After all , it appears to me that a mighty fuss is made about Durham without any sufficient reason , that his political influence is small , his power less , and that it is a matter of great indifference whether ...
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... seems never to think of throwing a veil over any part of himself ; it is this straightforward energy which makes him so considerable a person as he is . In London he is one of the great political leaders , and the second orator in the ...
... seems never to think of throwing a veil over any part of himself ; it is this straightforward energy which makes him so considerable a person as he is . In London he is one of the great political leaders , and the second orator in the ...
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... seem to distinguish her above everything are caution and prudence , the former to a degree which is almost unnatural in one so young , and unpleasing , because it suppresses the youthful impulses which are so graceful and attractive ...
... seem to distinguish her above everything are caution and prudence , the former to a degree which is almost unnatural in one so young , and unpleasing , because it suppresses the youthful impulses which are so graceful and attractive ...
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... seems to be liberal , but at the same time prudent with regard to money , for when the Queen Dowager proposed to her to take her band into her service , she declined to in- cur so great an expense without further consideration , but one ...
... seems to be liberal , but at the same time prudent with regard to money , for when the Queen Dowager proposed to her to take her band into her service , she declined to in- cur so great an expense without further consideration , but one ...
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