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... save honour ; the quaint Scottish gentlewoman of the older world ; the queer little cripple ; the Whig officer who is a good fellow, and the other Whig officer who is an unmitigated villain and poltroon; the trimming provost; the foolish and conceited ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1899
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 941 | Page: 34 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

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 ...

LADY LOUISA STUART.*

... converted tbem iuto a true; |asnd life-iong aff-ction. When Qticen Anne died the Whigs cans' in' anI nmireil all oar roses. The Maid o. Honour, however, wats retained by the Whigs, to secure Argyll, who could pro- bably have rpset the throne of George I. Then ...

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 ...

LITERARY NOTES

... his subject degraded humanity. The reviewer drops in passing an epigram which is sufficient to make the founders of the great Whig review turn in their graves. Every man, according to his best ability, must write his own Decalogue.- In a sense it is quite ...

Our Bookshelf

... existence, and miserable death of Joh l Merray of Broughton. '1 I No lip of me or mine comes after Broughton's ! ' said the Whig father of Sir Walter Scott, as he threw out of the window the teacup from which the traitor had drun1k. Macdonnell of Barisdale ...

Published: Saturday 05 August 1899
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1361 | Page: 26 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

SOME AMERICAN BOOKS

... cast is that the Sensualists, the Clingers (who tocether formn the old Tory and stupid party) and the Mugwumps (who are the Whigs), will all be defeated bv the Stalwarts (who are Radicals and Puritans), who will make character a test of citizenship, will ...

REVIEWS

... can be quoted. Again, are we expected to believe seriously the statement which appears on page 321 In other respects the Whig. watchword, the Government of the People by the People, is that of the Russian Government? And this in regard to a country ...

SONS OF TOIL

... humorous style to perfection.-Magpie, c n July 15th, 1899. a a Miss Laura Walker was very sprightly as Emily.- D' e Northern Whig, July 11th, 1899. d Miss Laura Walker contributed very much to the to success ?? News, a Y As Barbara Hare Miss Laura Walker ...

Published: Saturday 05 August 1899
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2720 | Page: 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...