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Side 3
... less dashed with scepticism if the language of agitators had been less heated , and an attempt to make political capital out of the distress had not occupied the foreground of their speeches . In particular , attention was directed from ...
... less dashed with scepticism if the language of agitators had been less heated , and an attempt to make political capital out of the distress had not occupied the foreground of their speeches . In particular , attention was directed from ...
Side 4
... less marked than last year , but the Revenue Returns furnished a significant index of the state of the national prosperity . Except on the sup- position that the nation had taken a sudden fit of thrift , it was obvious that people had less ...
... less marked than last year , but the Revenue Returns furnished a significant index of the state of the national prosperity . Except on the sup- position that the nation had taken a sudden fit of thrift , it was obvious that people had less ...
Side 7
... less interest for indications of the balance of parties . On February 12 , a Liberal successor to Mr. Waddy , who had vacated his seat at Barnstaple to contest Sheffield , was returned in the person of Lord Lymington by 817 votes ...
... less interest for indications of the balance of parties . On February 12 , a Liberal successor to Mr. Waddy , who had vacated his seat at Barnstaple to contest Sheffield , was returned in the person of Lord Lymington by 817 votes ...
Side 19
... less pertinacious in their opposition to the Address and the Relief Bill , and had shown any signs of giving up their practice of wasting Parliamentary time , Sir Stafford Northcote would probably have been able to resist the pressure ...
... less pertinacious in their opposition to the Address and the Relief Bill , and had shown any signs of giving up their practice of wasting Parliamentary time , Sir Stafford Northcote would probably have been able to resist the pressure ...
Side 24
... less . Before the outbreak of the Zulu war , the Government had proposed to reduce the number of the regular establishment by 4,000 men , and Colonel Stanley announced that in framing the present estimates he had reverted to this scale ...
... less . Before the outbreak of the Zulu war , the Government had proposed to reduce the number of the regular establishment by 4,000 men , and Colonel Stanley announced that in framing the present estimates he had reverted to this scale ...
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Side 232 - Knight of the said most noble order, and duly invested with the ensigns thereof, full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the said most noble order of the Garter in as full and ample a manner as if his Imperial Majesty had been formally installed— any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Side 20 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Side 333 - The Republican party, adhering to the principles affirmed by its last National Convention of respect for the constitutional rules governing appointments to office, adopts the declaration of President Hayes that the reform of the civil service should be thorough, radical and complete. To this end it demands the co-operation of the legislative with the executive departments of the Government, and that Congress shall so legislate that fitness, ascertained by proper practical tests, shall admit to the...
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