A History of Our Own Times from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume 3Chatto & Windus, 1880 - Great Britain |
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... . THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA XLIV . THE CRUISE OF THE ' ALABAMA ' PAGE 284 308 XLV . PALMERSTON'S LAST VICTORY 342 XLVI . EBB AND FLOW • 387 XLVII . THE DEATH OF LORD PALMERSTON • 418 A HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES . CHAPTER XXX . vi CONTENTS .
... . THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA XLIV . THE CRUISE OF THE ' ALABAMA ' PAGE 284 308 XLV . PALMERSTON'S LAST VICTORY 342 XLVI . EBB AND FLOW • 387 XLVII . THE DEATH OF LORD PALMERSTON • 418 A HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES . CHAPTER XXX . vi CONTENTS .
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... Lord Palmerston , a few days after , frankly admitted that the English Government were opposed to the project , because it would tend to the more easy separation of Egypt from Turkey , and set afloat speculations as to a ready access to ...
... Lord Palmerston , a few days after , frankly admitted that the English Government were opposed to the project , because it would tend to the more easy separation of Egypt from Turkey , and set afloat speculations as to a ready access to ...
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... Sir John Bowring he was nevertheless found ready to move a vote of censure on ... Lord John Russell and Mr. Whiteside , by Lord Robert Cecil , afterwards the ... Palmerston was convinced that he would come all right in the end , but he ...
... Sir John Bowring he was nevertheless found ready to move a vote of censure on ... Lord John Russell and Mr. Whiteside , by Lord Robert Cecil , afterwards the ... Palmerston was convinced that he would come all right in the end , but he ...
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... Lord Palmerston's answer was virtually that of Brutus : ' Why , I will see thee at Philippi then . ' He an- nounced two or three days after that the Government had resolved on a dissolution and an appeal to the coun- try . Lord Palmerston ...
... Lord Palmerston's answer was virtually that of Brutus : ' Why , I will see thee at Philippi then . ' He an- nounced two or three days after that the Government had resolved on a dissolution and an appeal to the coun- try . Lord Palmerston ...
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... Lord Palmerston . Lord Palmerston understood the temper of the country too well to trouble himself about arguments of any kind . He came to the point at once . In his address to the electors of Tiverton he declared that an insolent ...
... Lord Palmerston . Lord Palmerston understood the temper of the country too well to trouble himself about arguments of any kind . He came to the point at once . In his address to the electors of Tiverton he declared that an insolent ...
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