... Wray-and was at his last gasp: The party were driven to new resources, and the Duchess of Devonshire restored the fates of the Whig cham- pion. 'The progress of the canvass thenceforward is amusing. The entire voters of Westminster having been exhausted ...

... Richard Sharp, known in the salons of the Regency and Reform periods as Conversation Sharp. She herself was a favourite in Whig circles and the friend of Lord John Russell and Macaulay. After Mr. Drummond's death she received her friends, old and new ...

... amenity. and graces of her deportment, her irresistible manners, and the seduction of her society. The fair Oueen of the Whigs, and, indeed. ef the Ion of her day, was a reformer in dress, and introduced a simple, flowing, artless style to supei- sede ...

... of tragedy and comedy extending over two generations-attended Mrs. Jordan's benefit performance, the occasion on which the Whig Club offered the substantial tribute of recognition to the merits of the fair comedienne already recorded. This was on April ...