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... reason of sex , in the matters of the Parlia- mentary suffrage and of election to local bodies , should be removed . " VOTE OF THANKS TO NEWCASTLE LIBERALS . Moved by Mr. EDWARD EVANS ( Chairman of Committee , National Liberal ...
... reason of sex , in the matters of the Parlia- mentary suffrage and of election to local bodies , should be removed . " VOTE OF THANKS TO NEWCASTLE LIBERALS . Moved by Mr. EDWARD EVANS ( Chairman of Committee , National Liberal ...
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... reason of his having left England for a prolonged foreign tour . Mr. E. T. Ann and Mr. H. G. Whibley were not eligible for re - election under the retirement clause of the Federation Rules , and Mr. J. E. Willans ( Huddersfield ) felt ...
... reason of his having left England for a prolonged foreign tour . Mr. E. T. Ann and Mr. H. G. Whibley were not eligible for re - election under the retirement clause of the Federation Rules , and Mr. J. E. Willans ( Huddersfield ) felt ...
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... reason for departing from the Fiscal policy which has brought with it such solid advantage during the last sixty years . It little matters what particular brand of Fiscal faith has been professed by the Unionist candidate ; the electors ...
... reason for departing from the Fiscal policy which has brought with it such solid advantage during the last sixty years . It little matters what particular brand of Fiscal faith has been professed by the Unionist candidate ; the electors ...
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... reason to be satisfied with its prospects . The majority of 134 which the Tory party had at the last general election had been whittled down to 84. That was a large number even yet ; but their patience in the House of Commons was almost ...
... reason to be satisfied with its prospects . The majority of 134 which the Tory party had at the last general election had been whittled down to 84. That was a large number even yet ; but their patience in the House of Commons was almost ...
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... reason for an immediate general election was that the Liberal leaders had placed before the country a programme which was acceptable and urgent . He could not allude to all the items , but they needed a national system of education ...
... reason for an immediate general election was that the Liberal leaders had placed before the country a programme which was acceptable and urgent . He could not allude to all the items , but they needed a national system of education ...
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Page 5 - I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
Page 15 - With fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt !
Page 29 - Death has left on her Only the beautiful. Still, for all slips of hers, One of Eve's family — Wipe those poor lips of hers Oozing so clammily. Loop up her tresses Escaped from the comb, Her fair auburn tresses; Whilst wonderment guesses Where was her home? Who was her father? Who was her mother? Had she a sister? Had she a brother? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other?
Page 30 - Out of the world! In she plunged boldly — No matter how coldly The rough river ran — Over the brink of it, Picture it, — think of it, Dissolute Man! Lave in it, — drink of it, Then, if you can!
Page 5 - Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.
Page 15 - Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, Ere the sorrow comes with years? They are leaning their young heads against their mothers, And that cannot stop their tears. The young lambs are bleating in the meadows: The young birds are chirping in the nest; The young fawns are playing with the shadows; The young flowers are blowing toward the west — But the young, young children, O my brothers, They are weeping bitterly ! 10 They are weeping in the playtime of the others, In the country of the...
Page 1 - THAT AND A' THAT" Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 30 - The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver, But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river ; Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery Swift to be hurled — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran.
Page 5 - That this most famous Stream in Bogs and Sands Should perish; and to evil and to good Be lost for ever. In our Halls is hung Armoury of the invincible Knights of old...