The National Review, Volume 91W.H. Allen, 1928 - English literature |
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Page 8
... able to exer- cise relatively little influence on public affairs . It is a melancholy but indisputable fact that loyalty does not beget loyalty . Asquith was the soul of loyalty , magnanimity and even chivalry . During the Marconi ...
... able to exer- cise relatively little influence on public affairs . It is a melancholy but indisputable fact that loyalty does not beget loyalty . Asquith was the soul of loyalty , magnanimity and even chivalry . During the Marconi ...
Page 14
... able . " He shared their illusion , but when he was dis- appointed and the impossible happened - as so frequently- he bowed to his fate like the gentleman he was , and from that day until the close of the War not one factious remark ...
... able . " He shared their illusion , but when he was dis- appointed and the impossible happened - as so frequently- he bowed to his fate like the gentleman he was , and from that day until the close of the War not one factious remark ...
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... able to do likewise . That Blessed Boycott THE decision of the Indian Assembly to boycott the Simon Commission should prove a blessing in disguise , as it may open the eyes of Sir John Simon and his colleagues to the fact that there are ...
... able to do likewise . That Blessed Boycott THE decision of the Indian Assembly to boycott the Simon Commission should prove a blessing in disguise , as it may open the eyes of Sir John Simon and his colleagues to the fact that there are ...
Page 42
... able men in the ' forties , which is nowadays considered the proper age for subordinate office . Like other Ministers , he must occasionally make speeches . In the course of one of these a few weeks ago he made the sensible , not to say ...
... able men in the ' forties , which is nowadays considered the proper age for subordinate office . Like other Ministers , he must occasionally make speeches . In the course of one of these a few weeks ago he made the sensible , not to say ...
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... able to conjure up visions of a future Parliament dominated by himself , in which the Conservative Party will be a negligible factor . This can only happen if our side deserves such a fate , as we have all the cards in our hands , and ...
... able to conjure up visions of a future Parliament dominated by himself , in which the Conservative Party will be a negligible factor . This can only happen if our side deserves such a fate , as we have all the cards in our hands , and ...
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