Life, Letters, and Diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote, First Earl of Iddesleigh, Volume 2W. Blackwood and Sons, 1890 - Politicians |
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... horses were brought round ; we started for a wood about a quarter of a mile off - the ladies ascend- ing to the observatory , or standing at the front of the house . The hounds were thrown in , and soon gave tongue . I was in a horrid ...
... horses were brought round ; we started for a wood about a quarter of a mile off - the ladies ascend- ing to the observatory , or standing at the front of the house . The hounds were thrown in , and soon gave tongue . I was in a horrid ...
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... horse ran away with him , but I pulled up to let them pass , and , as I did so , up came Mr We rode after them to- gether , when suddenly we found them quietly mouthing the fox . I jumped off and secured the brush , by which time others ...
... horse ran away with him , but I pulled up to let them pass , and , as I did so , up came Mr We rode after them to- gether , when suddenly we found them quietly mouthing the fox . I jumped off and secured the brush , by which time others ...
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... horses , a present of £ 480,000 . And that was how he frittered away his surplus . A Liberal critic remarks that this was the Liberal Budget watered down to the standard of Conservative finance , " and adds that Mr Gladstone's successor ...
... horses , a present of £ 480,000 . And that was how he frittered away his surplus . A Liberal critic remarks that this was the Liberal Budget watered down to the standard of Conservative finance , " and adds that Mr Gladstone's successor ...
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... horses had been freed from an " annoying " tax . Seventy - eight thousand pounds , in Liverpool alone , had gone to lunatics and the police . Meanwhile the Budget had , at least , not curried favour with the friends of the Government ...
... horses had been freed from an " annoying " tax . Seventy - eight thousand pounds , in Liverpool alone , had gone to lunatics and the police . Meanwhile the Budget had , at least , not curried favour with the friends of the Government ...
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... horse who ran third in the chariot of Achilles with the two immortal steeds - if I feel that I am unworthy to be placed among such dis- tinguished men , yet I cannot help being proud , when I remember that it was in such company that I ...
... horse who ran third in the chariot of Achilles with the two immortal steeds - if I feel that I am unworthy to be placed among such dis- tinguished men , yet I cannot help being proud , when I remember that it was in such company that I ...
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