Uncorking Old Sherry: The Life and Times of Richard Brinsley SheridanTwayne Publishers, 1960 - 352 pages |
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Page 11
... Commons is the theatre of the country . Indeed , its lobbies are a green room where men sit up till five in the morning on chance of hearing one of the protagonists . Members as well as reporters take notes of the speeches , and great ...
... Commons is the theatre of the country . Indeed , its lobbies are a green room where men sit up till five in the morning on chance of hearing one of the protagonists . Members as well as reporters take notes of the speeches , and great ...
Page 169
... Commons . Friends urge him to advise a dissolution . Fox is on his legs in an instant . He questions the right of the Crown to dissolve Parliament during the business of a session . " James II did so , and thereby put an end to his ...
... Commons . Friends urge him to advise a dissolution . Fox is on his legs in an instant . He questions the right of the Crown to dissolve Parliament during the business of a session . " James II did so , and thereby put an end to his ...
Page 187
... Commons . Pitt , observes a contemporary , is a very discreet man and is right nine times out of ten where Fox is wrong . But that once where Fox is right is worth all the other times put together . The Irish Bill is one in point ...
... Commons . Pitt , observes a contemporary , is a very discreet man and is right nine times out of ten where Fox is wrong . But that once where Fox is right is worth all the other times put together . The Irish Bill is one in point ...
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Uncorking Old Sherry: The Life and Times of Richard Brinsley Sheridan Oscar Sherwin No preview available - 2012 |
Uncorking Old Sherry: The Life and Times of Richard Brinsley Sheridan Oscar Sherwin No preview available - 2012 |
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