... Johnson could see into Whigism when lie exclaimed, I hate a Whig: Whig is a traitor to his king, a rebel to his God, and the Devil was the first. Then I remember an old conundrum, . Why is Whig like wig ? The answer is, Because it is false attachment ...

... There was a beautiful simplicity in the battle which made it at ouce a straightforward trial and test strength. For the Whigs and Tories to get in one and one representative each (as supposing for instance, if Mr. Berkeley and Mr. Fremantle were elected ...

... most successful efforts. Mr. Lowe appears to have few personal friends, and no following the House of Commons. Many of the Whigs and moderate Liberals consider that his opposition to the Russell-Gladstone Administration, and his contributions towards the ...

... to frighten it into the spoliation of the landlords. For most assuredly this sudden I change of tactics on the part of the Whig and Peelite chiefs will be ascribed by the successful party in Ireland solely to Fenian terrorism —and this for the simple ...