The National Review, Volume 76W.H. Allen, 1920 - English literature |
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... Minister after Minister called to ask for news . DRUMMOND ( to Henry ) : They say a dispatch has come in , sir , and is being deciphered at the War Office . Fearful excitement ! Henry left us and went down to the Cabinet room . I stood ...
... Minister after Minister called to ask for news . DRUMMOND ( to Henry ) : They say a dispatch has come in , sir , and is being deciphered at the War Office . Fearful excitement ! Henry left us and went down to the Cabinet room . I stood ...
Page 556
... Minister , who eagerly awaited the happy day when he might be provoked into resigning , I should surely be guilty of no indiscretion in intervening as amicus curia with a statement that this was untrue , because I had heard the exact ...
... Minister , who eagerly awaited the happy day when he might be provoked into resigning , I should surely be guilty of no indiscretion in intervening as amicus curia with a statement that this was untrue , because I had heard the exact ...
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... Minister , as absolute in fact as the whilom Czars of Russia . It may be argued that the Prime Minister cannot be truly termed an autocrat , because he is only in office for a time , and is always liable to be turned out when the ...
... Minister , as absolute in fact as the whilom Czars of Russia . It may be argued that the Prime Minister cannot be truly termed an autocrat , because he is only in office for a time , and is always liable to be turned out when the ...
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