... the crux of she situation is how h- managed to hold it so long. The usual explanation g;VE' by the Tories and Dissentient Whigs at the time and since Nvas that he retained power by the simple expedient of continuous bribery. But the explanation is a little ...

... Disreli ednucted his party by means of the Opposition, and Radical electors wore now educating their leaders. If the few Whigs and Raditals whe had proved traitors to the great Liberal caune only repented in Fackeloth and. ashes and eimie back htiiubey ...

... up by himsele, from whicLsL al Shat wVC know of her is det-eied. Onlase aplpear- ance of Lord I liaand's 'Il-Meoirs of the Whig Party' in * ?? coa>iinag statements very injurious to airs. Fitz- I herbert's reputation, Mr. Langadale was anxious to avail ...

... remain at Lausanne. Swift. he remarks, attributed to t/-cprz,./esof/this pamphlet the growing coldness with which the Whigs regarded him -as though it were likely that Swift should attribute it to the wrapper or the stitching Here is a thoroughly ...

... Ford Goddard, is incomparably superior ! True, it was the fashion in days not long ago for Manchester and Bir- mingham to find Whig and Radical members for Ipswich, and virtuous chivalry was associated with the arrangement; the same idea is promulgated at ...

... Most people connect him with horse-racing; but few think of him as holding the balance with the Queen at one end and the Whigs at the other, or are aware that he was accused of bringing Dr. Sacheverell to trial because that clergyman compared him to ...

... is that on Decayed Gentility, in which she portrays amusingly the ancient way of nursing a small borough as practised by Whig and Tory magnates. There are also many charming word-pictures of rural sights and sounds, and the authoress proves that there ...

... French De, stage, has been presented under constantly varying bor aspects. It is not always, in Sam Johnson's phrase, De 1the Whig dogs who are allowed to have the best enc of it. Thus, with Molihre, it was the marquis who fro, Ihad the laugh-and the ...

... characteristic transition to pass from this tribute to his eminence as a poet to his correspondence with Brougham. The great Whig politician seems to have made it his mission during many years to keep Rogers au courant with what was passing in the region ...

... recurring on the French stage, has been presented under constantly varying aspects. It is not always, in Sam Johnson's phrase, the Whig dogs who are allowed to have the best of it. Thus, with Moliere, it was the marquis who had the laugh-and the lady-on his ...

... Repeal of the Union was not as yet a popular cry. Coercion Bills were the order of the day, and a O'Connell was denouncing the Whigs. Lord- Lieutenants and Chief Secretaries came and -E -went, but the Under-Secretary was gradually u gaining ground with allclasses ...

... Matthews was born Oct. 17th, 1805, and at a very early age he entered the office of Mr Henry White, editor of the Independent Whig, where lie remained four years. The office was then 289, Strand, removed shortly after to 190, Chancery-lane, when the paper ...