Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its PathosP.S. King & Son, 1902 - 406 pages |
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Page 306
... party the Conservative Party . " The designation " Conservative " caught the fancy of the bulk of the party , and in time " Tory " came to be used only in its original sense as a contemptuous nickname by the party's opponents . " Whig ...
... party the Conservative Party . " The designation " Conservative " caught the fancy of the bulk of the party , and in time " Tory " came to be used only in its original sense as a contemptuous nickname by the party's opponents . " Whig ...
Page 307
... party ; but it did not find favour . " Reformer , " once a favourite term with a wing of the Whig party , has long gone out of fashion . But " Radical , " which was first applied about 1818 to Major Cartwright , Sir Francis Burdett ...
... party ; but it did not find favour . " Reformer , " once a favourite term with a wing of the Whig party , has long gone out of fashion . But " Radical , " which was first applied about 1818 to Major Cartwright , Sir Francis Burdett ...
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... Party spirit was narrower and more fanatical in years past , as was natural , perhaps , when greater and more fundamental questions divided politicians ; and the amenities which now soften Parliamentary strife were , as a rule , unknown ...
... Party spirit was narrower and more fanatical in years past , as was natural , perhaps , when greater and more fundamental questions divided politicians ; and the amenities which now soften Parliamentary strife were , as a rule , unknown ...
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THE FIRST OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SOVEREIGNS | 25 |
HOW EDWARD VII OPENED HIS FIRST PARLIAMENT | 84 |
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