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... Practical always Disraeli was , bent simply on making his way , and his way to a great position . No ignes fatui were likely to mislead him into spiritual morasses , no love - sick dreams to send him wandering after imaginary Paradises ...
... Practical always Disraeli was , bent simply on making his way , and his way to a great position . No ignes fatui were likely to mislead him into spiritual morasses , no love - sick dreams to send him wandering after imaginary Paradises ...
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... practical results . His dislike of the Whigs recommended him to their enemies , and half his friends in the borough were Tories . The local news- papers supported him as an independent . But help was welcome from any quarter but the ...
... practical results . His dislike of the Whigs recommended him to their enemies , and half his friends in the borough were Tories . The local news- papers supported him as an independent . But help was welcome from any quarter but the ...
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... practical condition remained unaltered , and they looked with strange eyes upon the progress in which , for one cause or another , they did not find that they participated . The remedy of the economists was to heat the furnace still ...
... practical condition remained unaltered , and they looked with strange eyes upon the progress in which , for one cause or another , they did not find that they participated . The remedy of the economists was to heat the furnace still ...
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... practical necessities of things . He was , however , above all things an avowed Conservative , and as a Conservative the country looked to him to steer the ship through the cataracts . But he He was Another phenomenon had started up ...
... practical necessities of things . He was , however , above all things an avowed Conservative , and as a Conservative the country looked to him to steer the ship through the cataracts . But he He was Another phenomenon had started up ...
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... practical affairs of the world , and the response , loud and strong , indicated that there still remained among us a power of latent conviction which might revive the force of noble and disinterested motive . A Church of England ...
... practical affairs of the world , and the response , loud and strong , indicated that there still remained among us a power of latent conviction which might revive the force of noble and disinterested motive . A Church of England ...
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