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ROBERT, EARL NUGENT.*

... aind was among their staunobest supporters until the advent of e George Grenville's Administratic.on, In 1754 Nugent, as a Whig, wrested one of the seats of Bristol from Ihe Tories, who bad e long controlled the representation of the city. His chief ...

FOX AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.*

... occupation of Bogton, which pro- duced inevitable (aend intended) conflicts between civilian, and soldier, Colonist and 1riglash, Whig anti Tory. The duties, all hut the Tea Duty, were repealed. Even the Duke of Grafton recommended the Cabinet to sacrifice zC ...

COLLEGE HISTORIES

... Christopher Wren was at Wadham from 1649 to 16M3. In the early part of the eighteenth century Wadham was a Whig college, and after the death of its great Whig NAWarden, Dunster, it fell on evil tirues. At the period of the Wxford Movement Wadhant was on the ...

FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE REVOLUTION.*

... Ednanud--f:nuiiirlv called Mni' -spont that. gay suuun'r et he rlestoration voar in tw>N. for thioutgh thle \ ectoys were Whigs, anid Sir .-alph hutci a t':vour of Puritsnisut, the3 *ere lovel suopJtcts, Father -and son were present at. the ('orenatitont ...

AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS

... than a tragedy. The piece is in four acts, the opening showing Hale as a schoolmaster in New London. The boys are all hot Whigs, except the school sneak, who is, of course, a Tory. Nathan Hale is a staunch and out-spoken patriot. But he has weightier ...

Published: Saturday 21 January 1899
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3091 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS

... that Sovereign lie spoke indeed often with enthusiasm, but the measure of his love for her was the measure of his hatred for a Whig Dissenter. Bating this lapse, we have nothing but commendation for Dr. Hill, whose notes are full of curious information which ...

SIR ROBERT PEEL'S PAPERS.*

... Queen a gruadge on the Bed- chamber question, when they were brought out of office because the Queen would not part xwith the Whig ladies. So, apropos of the Royal marriage, this is Oin line they took: It is not impossible that the Government will en- dearour ...

THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY'S CENTENARY.*

... Corpus, Cambridge, and the Arch- a deacon of Norwich. Sir Jame3 Stephen, father of the eminentfiudgo, and Sir George Grey, the Whig Home Secretary,. were members of the Committee of the Society. Blt it would be ' wearisome to enumerate the men eminent in ...

REVIEWS

... the growth of our Colonial and Imperial policy may well study these volumes. The narrow oligarchical views of 'JTory and even Whig Governments of half a century ago in their Colonial policy are simply astonishing to our modern enlightened minds. Repre- sentative ...

A Sailor's Life under Four Sovereigns

... decided we should both be sailors. In the same year he visited Holkham, the seat of Mr. Coke, and the centre of the leading Whigs of the day. Here he met many of the leading politicians of the time, amongst others, Sir Francis Burdett, who had just been ...

Published: Saturday 25 March 1899
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2451 | Page: 25 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

ART AND LETTERS

... eighty portrita arid illstrations of vionus ' ld. Te Baersarecontribted by Mliss AmJ j Pzsc,H EI. LIMlton, J. H. Taylor, HI. J.Whig Iha, and Messrs. Sutton arid Sos So much of the literary inspiration of tba ,day being what is caied opical t t clergyman is ...

SIR WALTER SCOTT

... 1iiis rncaarrtain nnid; | t CThi Soutbron ?? in ront they umtaew, clmyllmpand a rgi in hnd, TThe lowland prigr r od eftnting Whig, Itn headilong flight were roli'd.r 0, W.vqTlrou.s Grahary. 'f Hereaalorin fr~ame, (t Amd faith -%ustatind '(lirc bP fertr ...