Life and Times of the Right Hon. John Bright1. Rochdale and the Bright Family -- 2. Mr. Bright's Father and Mother -- 3. Boyhood and Youth -- 4. Popular Agitations -- 5.--Early Public Speeches -- 6.--Increasing Interest in Social and Political Matters -- 7.--The Corn Laws -- 8.--The Campaign Against the Corn Laws Begins -- 9. Opposition to Church Rates -- 10. As a Literary Character -- 11. Action of the Anti-Corn Law League -- 12. The Progress of the Anti-Corn-Law League's Agitation -- 13. Continued Raid Against the Corn Laws -- 14. The League and the House of Commons -- 15. First Election Contest or Durham -- 16. Second Election Contest in Durham -- 17. His Early Parliamentary Career -- 18. Awakening the Country -- 19. The Struggle Against the Corn Laws Continued -- 20. The Labor of the League Continued -- 21. Opposition to the Game and Corn Laws -- 22. Iniquity of the Game Laws Exposed -- 23. The End of the Corn Laws Approaches -- 24. Overthrow of the Corn Laws -- 25.-- Celebrating the Triumph of the League -- 26. The Monopolists' Retaliation -- 27. Mr. Bright's Private Life -- 28. State of Ireland -- 29. Land Taxation, etc. -- 30. Home Legislation -- 31. Peace and War -- 32. The Crimean War -- 33. Bright and Cobden Unseated -- 34. Member for Birmingham -- 35. Return to Active Life -- 36. The Commercial Treaty with France -- 37. The Civil War in America -- 38. Mr. Cobden's Closing Days -- 39. Parliamentary Reform -- 40. The Settlement of the Question of Parliamentary Reform -- 41. Mr. Bright a Cabinet Minister -- 42. The Conservative Policy -- 43. The Policy of the Conservative Government Condemned -- 44. The Liberals Again in Power -- 45. Wlthdraws From the Cabinet -- 46. A Noble Tribute to Bright -- 47. Mr. Bright's Oratory, etc. -- 48. Mr. Brights Course Upon Irish Legislation -- 49. Home Rule |
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... whole , of his family belong . It is a fact that at the time he chose the site of his house , a solitary ash - tree grew thereon , and , as we may briefly show , this distinctive feature was seized upon to keep alive the memory of a ...
... whole , of his family belong . It is a fact that at the time he chose the site of his house , a solitary ash - tree grew thereon , and , as we may briefly show , this distinctive feature was seized upon to keep alive the memory of a ...
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... whole of them were poor people , declined to contribute unless the whole of the money was returned to the donors ; and this being done , he purchased an excellent wig for the reclaimed bacchanalian . In acts of charity and free ...
... whole of them were poor people , declined to contribute unless the whole of the money was returned to the donors ; and this being done , he purchased an excellent wig for the reclaimed bacchanalian . In acts of charity and free ...
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... whole of the machinery , which was new and of the most valuable description . The fire broke out about eight o'clock in the morning , from friction of one of the scutching machines . The loss amounted to about £ 20,000 , but the ...
... whole of the machinery , which was new and of the most valuable description . The fire broke out about eight o'clock in the morning , from friction of one of the scutching machines . The loss amounted to about £ 20,000 , but the ...
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... whole public life has been devoted to the amelioration of the industrial classes and the poor . He sought their happiness rather than glory , and his memory is linked to most of the great national blessings of his day . The life of such ...
... whole public life has been devoted to the amelioration of the industrial classes and the poor . He sought their happiness rather than glory , and his memory is linked to most of the great national blessings of his day . The life of such ...
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... whole numbered at least 6,000 men . The procession was arranged thus : -Twelve of the most comely and decent - looking youths , who were placed in two rows of six each , with each a branch of laurel held presented in his hand as a token ...
... whole numbered at least 6,000 men . The procession was arranged thus : -Twelve of the most comely and decent - looking youths , who were placed in two rows of six each , with each a branch of laurel held presented in his hand as a token ...
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Page 189 - Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 353 - We declare it to be our royal will and pleasure that none be in any wise favoured, none molested or disquieted, by reason of their religious faith or observances, but that all shall alike enjoy the equal and impartial protection of the law ; and we do strictly charge and enjoin all those who may be in authority under us that they abstain from all interference with the religious belief or worship of any of our subjects on pain of our highest displeasure.
Page 57 - Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won.
Page 526 - O Freedom ! if to me belong Nor mighty Milton's gift divine, Nor Marvell's wit and graceful song, Still with a love as deep and strong As theirs, I lay, like them, my best gifts on thy shrine...
Page 525 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened...
Page 570 - I have another and a far brighter vision before my gaze. It may be but a vision, but I will cherish it. I see one vast confederation stretching from the frozen North in unbroken line to the glowing South, and from the wild billows of the Atlantic westward to the calmer waters of the Pacific main, — and I see one people, and one language, and one law, and one faith, and, over all that wide continent, the home of freedom, and a refuge for the oppressed of every race and of every clime.
Page 116 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap...
Page 98 - Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense. There are forty men of wit for one man of sense; and he that will carry nothing about him but gold, will be every day at a loss for want of readier change.
Page 47 - It was the English,' Kaspar cried, 'Who put the French to rout; But what they fought each other for I could not well make out.
Page 23 - What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel just; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.