Except, indeed, in the field of battle, never was the transition from ...
Except, indeed, in the field of battle, never was the transition from life to death so marked and so touching.
On Friday the House of Commons, which for more than forty years has witnessed the triumphs and reverses of the great Conservative chief, was filled with an extraordinary assemblage anxious for the result of a great political crisis.
Sir Elton Esre addressed them with an ability and a spirit which recalled his more youthful efforts, and more powerful days. It was the first occasion for four years that elicited any serious or direct opposition to the policy of HER MAJESTY's present advisers, and, not to reopen a debate full of mistakes and cross-purposes, it must be allowed that the speech was at least an admirable defence of the principles on which Sir Rosnar and his colleagues had ever proceeded.
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He sat down, as our report says, amid “loud and long and ...
He sat down, as our report says, amid “loud and long and continued cheering.” Within a few hours the statesman who had commanded the applause of that listening senate was a
Had it fallen a little earlier so as to coincide with the ...
Had it fallen a little earlier so as to coincide with the Chartist movement in England, and if O'Connell could have overcome his aversion to physical force, the res
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