The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 129
... Whig , and Johnson the Tory . There is no record that he ever performed a political act , or expressed a political opinion , unless his abhorrence of the French Revolution is to be considered an exception . None of his contemporaries or ...
... Whig , and Johnson the Tory . There is no record that he ever performed a political act , or expressed a political opinion , unless his abhorrence of the French Revolution is to be considered an exception . None of his contemporaries or ...
Page 263
... Whigs ' — the mo- derate and constitutional successors of Mr. Burke . He was pro- bably impelled to that choice by his own strong convictions . The requirements of his later political career never quite drove out of him his early Tory ...
... Whigs ' — the mo- derate and constitutional successors of Mr. Burke . He was pro- bably impelled to that choice by his own strong convictions . The requirements of his later political career never quite drove out of him his early Tory ...
Page 264
... Whigs , they cannot take their services permanently to any other ally- unless they choose to go to America . They might injure an in- dividual minister for a time , by factious votes upon by - subjects . But , as has been proved by ...
... Whigs , they cannot take their services permanently to any other ally- unless they choose to go to America . They might injure an in- dividual minister for a time , by factious votes upon by - subjects . But , as has been proved by ...
Page 265
... Whig , and chose the Radical . What could his motive in doing so have been ? His friends will tell us that it was sincere conviction . It is difficult to use such a phrase in reference to Mr. Gladstone's mind . It assumes an analogy to ...
... Whig , and chose the Radical . What could his motive in doing so have been ? His friends will tell us that it was sincere conviction . It is difficult to use such a phrase in reference to Mr. Gladstone's mind . It assumes an analogy to ...
Page 267
... Whigs enjoyed after the death of Queen Anne , and the Tories after Fox's India Bill , in which the schemes of an all - powerful Minister would not be menaced or impeded by the struggles of an opposition , would be a golden dream to him ...
... Whigs enjoyed after the death of Queen Anne , and the Tories after Fox's India Bill , in which the schemes of an all - powerful Minister would not be menaced or impeded by the struggles of an opposition , would be a golden dream to him ...
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