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... of Canning with the Whigs; and it is- curious to find in a letter of Lord Palmerston to his brother, dated May 4,. 1827, a description of the behaviour of the Whigs differing very widely indeed from the account given of it by the Whig leaders themselves ...
... to grant the Allies any terms they could reasonably demand. But the war was prolonged partly to suit the interests of the Whigs, and partly on account of the great distrust felt by Marlborough, Eugene, and Heinsius for Louis XIV. At last peace was made ...
... historical accuracy or alleged one-sidedness- a charge which, by the way, came with extremely bad grace from the lips of the great Whig historian. Fluctuating between Whiggism and Toryism--the one com- mending itself to his intellect, the other to his chivalrous ...
... historical accuracy or alleged one-sidedness - a charge which, by the way, came with extremely bad grace from the lips of the great Whig historian. Fluctuating between Whiggism and Toryism--the one com- mending itself to his intellect, the other to his chivalrous ...
... were the impending questions of foreign policy, was disgusted at the prevalence of party spirit which kept Peelites and s Whigs aloof from the Administration. His desire was that, whatever Government was in power, England should be united and strong; ...
... Mr. Gorham, and the numerous seces- sions to Rome which followed that of Mr. Newman, had rendered more than ever unpopular. Whigs and Latitudinarians disliked him for his orthodoxy; the, orthodox disliked him for what they called his insincerity; the E ...
... Brougham upon his first assumption of the post vacated by Jeffrey; but in I1830 the official airs and peremptoriness of the Whig leader undoubtedly frightened him into a breach not only of editorial propriety, but even of editorial good faith, in his treatment ...
... his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal. If the Tory precedent of Lord Eldon's earldom does not justify his elevation, the Whig precedent of Lord Cottenham and his earldom justifies it with super- fluous abundance. Again, the Marquis of Abergavenny, were ...