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... March 29, 1799, and began public life as a.Canningite, or Conservative Whig, and did not definitely join the Tories until he was thirty-five years of ave. But though nominally a Whig (for his family belonged to that party), his early speeches show in many ...

Published: Saturday 11 June 1892
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1311 | Page: 24 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Literary Notes, News, and Echoes

... Sir George Trevelyan mentions, in connection with Macaulay's candidature for Leeds in 1832, the spread of a rumour that the Whig candidates were Unitarians- a report which, even if correct, would probably have done little to damage their elec- tioneering ...

A POET PAINTER

... Cleaning of the bust above the girl's head with wing's of azure, one broken off ? --- Blue is the colour of the sky of dreams; Whigs show the longing to soar and be free; but one is broken. Havie you read Miss Christina Rossetti's poem ? X',:Yes. I must confess ...

MUSIC

... as the eighty-sixth, (Tidler, 5la for it wals itt 13800, ftse yeaar atiler 'IIi'ril~gas', clint the IarasO in '-aldependetit Whig first Saw thle light. After a brief of sit on lrastid its the 1 Iodspondsett Obseaver, on October Wol 20'5 18922 this journal ...

Mr. Gladstone at Oxford

... King to Oxford sent a troop of horse. For Tortes own no argument but force, To Cambridge then a gift of books he sent, For Whigs admit no F orce but Argument. In conclusion Mr. Gladstone protested against universities bejn, turned into manufactories of ...

Published: Saturday 29 October 1892
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 408 | Page: 28 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Literary Notes, News, and Echoes

... scathing indictment of English misrule by an author from the distressful country than of the picturesque prose of the whilom Whig statesman. Mr. Alfred Deakin, late Chief Secretary and Minister of Water Supply in Victoria, is about to publish, through. ...

Some Extinct London Theatres

... his Ministers, was sent anonymously to Giffard, who, frightened at its audacity, carried it to Sir Robert Walpole. The great Whig Premier, who had long been suffering from such attacks from Henry Fielding's pen, there- upon brought into Parliament and passed ...

Published: Saturday 24 December 1892
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1336 | Page: 22 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE DUKE OF ARGYLL'S NEW BOOK.*

... the leading principles ~ili of the party Whom his groat predecessor per- ee nisted in calling the New Whigs. /Although not ottly born of at Whig fIamily, liit repro-S escatirig the Oneo pairticula~r famnily in cneoiictionI vitch pri idiots pirocoeeiirgs ...

THE ART OF AMNESTY

... elsewhere inurmuirs of indiglnatinl arosa ag1lainst thPC ta!k of amncsty. Not alone were the IUnionists angpiry b)iit even the Whig fretted and the Radical grew rebellioIs. I lhe Government ormans took alarm, and thle conspiracy of silence was broken. IThe ...

REVIEWS

... really the adoption of natural affinities; and, if he is to be condemned, it is rather for his previous compliance with the Whigs than for his association with men who at least represented his strongest prejudices. Nor have we anything to say against 'Mr ...

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... contrasts are the very essence of a variety entertainment, and the success von by the singer, who was twice recalled to the whigs to acknowledge the persistent applause, may be quoted as a vindication of the good tests of the audience. M~r R. C. Ksnowvles ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1893
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3461 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... of the country, I think we ought to be told so. Indeed, I never bad much faith in Mr. Camp- bell-Bannerman. He is simply a Whig that believes in Home Rule. As far as the army is concerned, he is for maintaining the present order of things. No doubt he ...