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THE WELL-DRESSED WOMAN

... is full of warm shades, she wore a vividly green wreath. When the curtain rose to the impressive roll of the drums of the united bands, Lady Westmorland was seated far back at the centre of the stage, and there joined by her Colonies. Of the sixteen women ...

Published: Saturday 17 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1866 | Page: 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE Doncaster programme is always a strong one, and it has been run through this week with great success

... Tuck were great public fancies for a place, and their performances in getting where they did were consistent enough. The Irishmen were disappointed, but their turn will come again when they do not fly at quite such high game. -o In the face of the conflicting ...

Our Bookshelf: THE LIFE OF LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD, 1763-1798

... abolition of all hereditary titles and feudal distinctions. This, combined with his being a member of the Society of United Irishmen, eventually caused him to be cashiered. In the meantime he was married to Pamela, a beautiful girl of doubtful birth ...

Published: Saturday 14 November 1903
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1411 | Page: 24 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE CHESTNUT TREE

... Irishman recently went before a judge of the United States to be naturalised. Have you read the Declaration of Independence? the court asked. I hov not, yer honour. Have you read the Constitution of the United States? I hov not, yer honour. The judge ...

Published: Wednesday 12 July 1905
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1033 | Page: 16 | Tags: Illustrations 

Random Jottings

... Waechter, a British philanthropist, that the idea of a United States of Europe interests him deeply. We can well believe this of such an enthusiast as the Kaiser. Even that smaller consideration-- the united state of France and England-- attracts a great deal ...

Published: Wednesday 29 July 1908
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 622 | Page: 20 | Tags: Illustrations 

SAINT GEORGE FOR MERRIE ENGLAND: THE EFFORT TO MAKE ENGLAND'S PATRON SAINT AS POPULAR AS ST. ANDREW, ST. ..

... nationality and patriotism. Why should not the English be as patriotic as the Scotch, Irish or Welsh Why cannot the United Kingdom be united by giving liberty to the full expression of national ideals to everyone of the four nationalities Is not that the ...

Published: Saturday 23 April 1910
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1899 | Page: 14 | Tags: Illustrations 

SAINT GEORGE FOR MERRIE ENGLAND: THE EFFORT TO MAKE ENGLAND'S PATRON SAINT AS POPULAR AS ST. ANDREW, ST. ..

... nationality and patriotism. Why should not the English be as patriotic as the Scotch, Irish or Welsh Why cannot the United Kingdom be united by giving liberty to the full expression of national ideals to everyone of the four nationalities Is not that the ...

Published: Saturday 23 April 1910
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1899 | Page: 14 | Tags: Illustrations 

IRELAND AND HOME RULE: The Four Provinces and their Representation in the British Parliament

... planters to discontent, to secret societies, to the revolutionary army in America, and to found the republican society of United Irishmen. They are still democratic, and in spite of all reports there is kind feeling in the land. Munster is a verdant meadow ...

Published: Saturday 29 June 1912
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 416 | Page: 18 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE LOOK OF THINGS: FROM A BYSTANDER'S POINT OF VIEW

... arrived. Jt is said that the Home Rule question may be solved by the creation of an Irish United States on the American model. This might not appeal to all Irishmen alike, but one feels that a great many of them both Ulstermen and Nationalists would welcome ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1913
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 608 | Page: 48 | Tags: Illustrations 

LIFE IN THE TRENCHES, SEEN AT FIRST HAND: Eye-Witness on Trench Life

... cried. Whereupon an adjacent Irish regiment let loose a tremen dous Whoop and complied with the request in a way such as only Irishmen can. On Christmas Day itself there was another interchange of visits, and the occasion was seized to bury the dead of both ...

Published: Saturday 09 January 1915
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 534 | Page: 26 | Tags: Illustrations 

A LITERARY LETTER: The Reform of the Civil Service

... Commissioner of Inland Revenue; and Sir William Patrick Byrne of the Home Office. It may be noted that two out of the three are Irishmen. To my mind, however, the weakness of the scheme is the fewness of the men who attain to real distinction and the number ...

Published: Saturday 08 September 1917
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2054 | Page: 22 | Tags: Illustrations