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Page xiii
... Miss Martineau , in one of her most unfair chapters , of neg- lecting to defend Lord Durham's Canadian conduct when challenged in the House of Lords . Whether Lord Melbourne had been altogether cowed by Lord Brougham PREFACE xiii.
... Miss Martineau , in one of her most unfair chapters , of neg- lecting to defend Lord Durham's Canadian conduct when challenged in the House of Lords . Whether Lord Melbourne had been altogether cowed by Lord Brougham PREFACE xiii.
Page xiv
... House of Commons remonstrated with him on the subject , when he replied , ' The fact is , my dear John , the fellow was in such a state of excitement that if I had said a word to him he would have gone stark staring mad . ' This I heard ...
... House of Commons remonstrated with him on the subject , when he replied , ' The fact is , my dear John , the fellow was in such a state of excitement that if I had said a word to him he would have gone stark staring mad . ' This I heard ...
Page xv
... House of Lords put it altogether out of the question . In these days the want of Parliamentary position incident to a seat in the House of Lords is very much made up for by the copious practice of a making speeches throughout the ...
... House of Lords put it altogether out of the question . In these days the want of Parliamentary position incident to a seat in the House of Lords is very much made up for by the copious practice of a making speeches throughout the ...
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... House of Commons . William Lamb in early manhood , as in after - life , was much addicted to poetical composition . He contributed to the Bugle , a weekly effusion of which the guests at Inverary Castle were the staff , and his friend ...
... House of Commons . William Lamb in early manhood , as in after - life , was much addicted to poetical composition . He contributed to the Bugle , a weekly effusion of which the guests at Inverary Castle were the staff , and his friend ...
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... house but study , though there is as much idleness , drunkenness , & c . out of it as in most universities . We breakfast at half - past nine , but I am roused by a stupid , slow , lumbering mathematician who tumbles me out of bed at ...
... house but study , though there is as much idleness , drunkenness , & c . out of it as in most universities . We breakfast at half - past nine , but I am roused by a stupid , slow , lumbering mathematician who tumbles me out of bed at ...
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Page 79 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.