... quickly recovered himself and resumed his elabo- rate train of reasoning. Again and again, however, he recurred to old Whig ties and old Whig principles, conceding the best and highest motives to the leaders of the Opposition, while he mercilessly dealt with ...

... passed into the hands of the untitled younger! branch in 1782, James Graham, son of the Rev. Dr' Graham of Netherby, the first Whig in the family, his father and elder brother being lately dead, inherited the estates, and received from his father's political ...

... been no dispute concerning the succession, and now Whigs and Tories were both staunch supporters of the Crown. The Tories, indeed, supporting views of the Royal prerogative that tallied better than the Whig creed with the King's own views, became in an especial ...

... where a newspaper came Iwholly into my hands. That paper was neutral as far as regarded ;Whig or Tory principle. No Liberals or Radicals were then known; .Whig or Tory divided the politicians. A strong desire to do right induced me to support Catholic ...

... was fearfully beaten, to his own great surprise. The Captain had argued in this way. That Lord Charles, though coining of a Whig house, must, being a duke's son, be at heart a Tory. That was Captain Blockstrop's unalterable opinion. So le issued a rather ...

... Parliament by help of a tem- porary vacancy made for him in a snug Welsh family borough. There soon followed the defeat of the Whigs, who had brought in a free trade Budget. Mr F. Baring's proposal for a reduction of the sugar duties having been rejected, ...