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It is marvellous how men I have thus labelled have a knack of disappearing . ' But
age and disease were creeping upon him , and in less than two years he
suddenly quitted the House of Commons without a word of farewell . The secret
of his ...
It is marvellous how men I have thus labelled have a knack of disappearing . ' But
age and disease were creeping upon him , and in less than two years he
suddenly quitted the House of Commons without a word of farewell . The secret
of his ...
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But in those days the House of Commons , and not the Government , governed
the country . ' Autres temps , autres moeurs . ' Mr Buckle paints the last five years
of Lord Beaconsfield ' s life in vivid colours . The clever stroke by which the ...
But in those days the House of Commons , and not the Government , governed
the country . ' Autres temps , autres moeurs . ' Mr Buckle paints the last five years
of Lord Beaconsfield ' s life in vivid colours . The clever stroke by which the ...
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The Max Müllers were their near neighbours , at whose house interesting guests ,
English and foreign , abounded . In the Colleges were to be found Andrew Lang ,
Mark Pattison , and occasionally his wife , the future Lady Dilke . Last but not ...
The Max Müllers were their near neighbours , at whose house interesting guests ,
English and foreign , abounded . In the Colleges were to be found Andrew Lang ,
Mark Pattison , and occasionally his wife , the future Lady Dilke . Last but not ...
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