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Page 104
... Robert Peel was a far better scholar than Lord John , and a much better economist . Lord John's knowledge of the classics , it has already been stated , was not exact , and his economical views were not always sound . But he had a much ...
... Robert Peel was a far better scholar than Lord John , and a much better economist . Lord John's knowledge of the classics , it has already been stated , was not exact , and his economical views were not always sound . But he had a much ...
Page 119
... Robert Peel , and suggested to H. B. ' one of his best caricatures . that it was unjust to accept the Bill except on 1818-26 119 FIRST STRUGGLES FCR REFORM.
... Robert Peel , and suggested to H. B. ' one of his best caricatures . that it was unjust to accept the Bill except on 1818-26 119 FIRST STRUGGLES FCR REFORM.
Page 148
... Robert Peel , that one of them actually asked Lord John to reintroduce his Reform Bill for the sake of embarrassing and punishing the leaders of the Tory party . Lord John himself told the story in 1834 , and added that , even with the ...
... Robert Peel , that one of them actually asked Lord John to reintroduce his Reform Bill for the sake of embarrassing and punishing the leaders of the Tory party . Lord John himself told the story in 1834 , and added that , even with the ...
Page 177
... Robert Peel declined to make himself responsible for a Bill which , in his opinion , as he had often and publicly declared , would entail great calamities on the country . The excitement throughout the country caused by the knowledge ...
... Robert Peel declined to make himself responsible for a Bill which , in his opinion , as he had often and publicly declared , would entail great calamities on the country . The excitement throughout the country caused by the knowledge ...
Page 178
... Robert Peel , said that he was sure that the Right Hon . Baronet would not form part of a Cabinet into which honour could not enter .'- Hansard , xii . 930. Cf. Recollections and Suggestions , p . 107 . 2 Ibid . p . 110 . third time by ...
... Robert Peel , said that he was sure that the Right Hon . Baronet would not form part of a Cabinet into which honour could not enter .'- Hansard , xii . 930. Cf. Recollections and Suggestions , p . 107 . 2 Ibid . p . 110 . third time by ...
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Page viii - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.