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... at school: Declare, with confidence immense, That he and his alone have sense, And that the will of Providence Is that the Whigs should rule. And let one ill-meant taunt be flung, No matter whose the hostile tongue, Whether from Stanley's cynic lips The ...

PRESTON EXHIBITION

... in the politi- cal literature of the district may trace, after the cause of the Stuarts was hopelessly lost, the names of Whigs or Hanoverians admitted to the honoureiL The offices were tolerably numerous, and most of themxiwere such as were appointed ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... intentions were honourable, and also not unwelcome. But when explicit declaration became necessary, it appeared that the great Whig orator's notions were liberal and anti-matrimonial Peremptory dismissal followed; and not long after Lord Derby became the ...

AN IRISH ACTRESS

... intentlons were honourable, and also not unwel. 1 come. But when explicit declaration became necessary, It appeared that the great Whig orator's notions were llberal and antl-matrlmonl. Peremptory dismissal followed; and not long after Lord Derby became the fair ...