 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1862 - 738 pages
...vol. ip 87. 280 THE BILL IN COMMITTEE-IT IS PASSED. [1S31. partial fulfilment of his prophecies. " Fitzgerald once said to lord Wellesley at the Castle, ' I have had a very melancholy letter from С this morning.' ' Aye !' said lord Wellesley, ' written, I suppose, in a strain of the most sanguine... | |
 | Ellis Cornelia Knight - 1875 - 380 pages
...Waterloo than myself, but as a sportsman, I will maintain my point about the percussion caps." Croker's view of politics has now for some years been of the...that he absolutely seems to rejoice at any partial fulfillment of his prophecies, though it may thwart his own views, and that of his party. Fitzgerald... | |
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... urged by the duke, who at last good-humouredly said to him : — ' My dear Croker, I can yield to your superior information on most points, and you may perhaps know a great deal more of what passed at Waterloo than myself, but as a sportsman I will... 