The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 107
None of those who have attempted to reform it have yet succeeded ; nor unless
portrait painters in general become more honest and their customers less vain is
there much reason to expect that they ever will . ' The criticism is a mistake .
None of those who have attempted to reform it have yet succeeded ; nor unless
portrait painters in general become more honest and their customers less vain is
there much reason to expect that they ever will . ' The criticism is a mistake .
Page 208
While some of the ripest intellects of England are engaged in the reform of the
laws , an able body of administrators is spread over the provinces as fiscal
officers and magistrates , developing their resources and repressing fraud and
wrong .
While some of the ripest intellects of England are engaged in the reform of the
laws , an able body of administrators is spread over the provinces as fiscal
officers and magistrates , developing their resources and repressing fraud and
wrong .
Page 260
Those great qualities which alone could have forced a democratic Reform Bill on
a constitutional party , and alone could have changed a majority of 75 into a
minority of 11 , are as conspicuous at the end of the drama as at the beginning .
Those great qualities which alone could have forced a democratic Reform Bill on
a constitutional party , and alone could have changed a majority of 75 into a
minority of 11 , are as conspicuous at the end of the drama as at the beginning .
Page 261
A great portion of the Liberal majority had voted in favour of Reform in 1859 and
1860 , and many members of the Conservative party were known to wish for what
is called ' the settlement of the question . ' It should have seemed that a ...
A great portion of the Liberal majority had voted in favour of Reform in 1859 and
1860 , and many members of the Conservative party were known to wish for what
is called ' the settlement of the question . ' It should have seemed that a ...
Page 262
Yet it was no fault of manner that singly or mainly brought the Reform
Government to the ground . No doubt Mr. Gladstone's singular dexterity in giving
offence to waverers on the eve of critical divisions , may in the case both of Lord ...
Yet it was no fault of manner that singly or mainly brought the Reform
Government to the ground . No doubt Mr. Gladstone's singular dexterity in giving
offence to waverers on the eve of critical divisions , may in the case both of Lord ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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