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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... thing of interest hereafter , though it is not amusing , and at the worst the reader can pass it by . Nor do I attach importance to the amusement the public may derive from this work . The volumes now pub- lished may be less attractive ...
... thing of interest hereafter , though it is not amusing , and at the worst the reader can pass it by . Nor do I attach importance to the amusement the public may derive from this work . The volumes now pub- lished may be less attractive ...
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... thing I would do should be to provide for being committed to the earth with more decency and less pomp . A host of persons of all ranks and stations were congregated , who ' loitered through the lofty halls , ' chattering and laughing ...
... thing I would do should be to provide for being committed to the earth with more decency and less pomp . A host of persons of all ranks and stations were congregated , who ' loitered through the lofty halls , ' chattering and laughing ...
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... thing that such men as Lord Lansdowne , and still more the Duke of Rich- mond , should have influenced so important a matter and have overborne the opinions of the whole Cabinet . After all this , it is not extraordinary that his old ...
... thing that such men as Lord Lansdowne , and still more the Duke of Rich- mond , should have influenced so important a matter and have overborne the opinions of the whole Cabinet . After all this , it is not extraordinary that his old ...
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... thing to see Stanley here ; he is certainly the most natural character I ever saw ; he 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 ...
... thing to see Stanley here ; he is certainly the most natural character I ever saw ; he 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 ...
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... thing if the Crown were , by any accident , to devolve upon him . The late King's desire to effect this change affords an indisputable proof of the sincerity of his constitutional principles , and it is no small praise that he was ...
... thing if the Crown were , by any accident , to devolve upon him . The late King's desire to effect this change affords an indisputable proof of the sincerity of his constitutional principles , and it is no small praise that he was ...
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