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Page xiv
... appointment of Mr. Turton , which he was evidently not prepared for , though Miss Martineau says he was . But the letters in this volume show clearly that after the quarrel had begun he was much more inclined to be conciliatory to Lord ...
... appointment of Mr. Turton , which he was evidently not prepared for , though Miss Martineau says he was . But the letters in this volume show clearly that after the quarrel had begun he was much more inclined to be conciliatory to Lord ...
Page 31
... appointed Prime Minister . But while he was preparing for his profession - and his work at the Home Office proves that he would have made an excellent lawyer - his elder brother , Peniston , died , and the course of his life was changed ...
... appointed Prime Minister . But while he was preparing for his profession - and his work at the Home Office proves that he would have made an excellent lawyer - his elder brother , Peniston , died , and the course of his life was changed ...
Page 38
... appointment of another , in which he must so act . If this be admitted , it leads either to the absurdity that in a free govern- ment there may be acts of the executive power for which no one is responsible , or to the unconstitutional ...
... appointment of another , in which he must so act . If this be admitted , it leads either to the absurdity that in a free govern- ment there may be acts of the executive power for which no one is responsible , or to the unconstitutional ...
Page 42
... appointed Chairman ( Mr. Bankes having , after studiously deferring the making of this report , gone into the country this morning ) , standing at the Bar with the re- port in his hand , the Usher of the Black Rod knocked at the door ...
... appointed Chairman ( Mr. Bankes having , after studiously deferring the making of this report , gone into the country this morning ) , standing at the Bar with the re- port in his hand , the Usher of the Black Rod knocked at the door ...
Page 58
... appointed the utmost confidence should be reposed in him , and the more he acts upon his own single opinion with respect to the general plan of operations to be pursued , the more likely , I believe , will his enterprises be to succeed ...
... appointed the utmost confidence should be reposed in him , and the more he acts upon his own single opinion with respect to the general plan of operations to be pursued , the more likely , I believe , will his enterprises be to succeed ...
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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.