English WitsLeonard Russell Hutchinson, 1953 - 349 pages |
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... political party than the orator . Even for a non - political writer the conditions were favourable . The competition for the attention of the public was not formidable ; once that attention had been caught it was not distracted ...
... political party than the orator . Even for a non - political writer the conditions were favourable . The competition for the attention of the public was not formidable ; once that attention had been caught it was not distracted ...
Page 239
... political roost in Northampton persuaded themselves that he really was a brand plucked from the burning . There must be some explanation of Labouchere's unlikeness to all the other politicians I knew in the ' 80's , and I found it , of ...
... political roost in Northampton persuaded themselves that he really was a brand plucked from the burning . There must be some explanation of Labouchere's unlikeness to all the other politicians I knew in the ' 80's , and I found it , of ...
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... political writings reveal him as a man of good sense , shrewdness , strong patriotism and high ideals . In the spring of 1914 he was writing " Potted Parliament ' in the " Outlook " , and some of his aphorisms in that commentary reveal ...
... political writings reveal him as a man of good sense , shrewdness , strong patriotism and high ideals . In the spring of 1914 he was writing " Potted Parliament ' in the " Outlook " , and some of his aphorisms in that commentary reveal ...
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