The Annual Register, Volume 117Edmund Burke Rivingtons, 1876 Continuation of the reference work that originated with Robert Dodsley, written and published each year, which records and analyzes the year’s major events, developments and trends in Great Britain and throughout the world. From the 1920s volumes of The Annual Register took the essential shape in which they have continued ever since, opening with the history of Britain, then a section on foreign history covering each country or region in turn. Following these are the chronicle of events, brief retrospectives on the year’s cultural and economic developments, a short selection of documents, and obituaries of eminent persons who died in the year. |
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... House of Commons had through the late session been fitful and uncertain ; in fact , at its com- mencement , when he first abdicated the office of Prime Minister , he had given ample warning to his followers that his continuance at the ...
... House of Commons had through the late session been fitful and uncertain ; in fact , at its com- mencement , when he first abdicated the office of Prime Minister , he had given ample warning to his followers that his continuance at the ...
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... House of Commons will be a different House without his habitual presence . It is not to be wondered at if people receive with incredulous surprise the announcement of a change so difficult to realise in the mind at a moment's notice ...
... House of Commons will be a different House without his habitual presence . It is not to be wondered at if people receive with incredulous surprise the announcement of a change so difficult to realise in the mind at a moment's notice ...
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... House was to hold the chief authority over the party . In the Lower House three among the members of the late Cabinet were named as most eligible for leadership , the Marquis of Hartington , eldest son of the Duke of Devonshire , Mr ...
... House was to hold the chief authority over the party . In the Lower House three among the members of the late Cabinet were named as most eligible for leadership , the Marquis of Hartington , eldest son of the Duke of Devonshire , Mr ...
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... House of Commons . For some time after this the debate merged into a legal con- troversy , maintained with much spirit by Sir W. Harcourt on one side , and the Solicitor - General , Mr. Hardy , and Mr. Plunket on the other . Sir W ...
... House of Commons . For some time after this the debate merged into a legal con- troversy , maintained with much spirit by Sir W. Harcourt on one side , and the Solicitor - General , Mr. Hardy , and Mr. Plunket on the other . Sir W ...
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... House , and he added , amid loud laughter and cheers from the Ministerialists , " There have been no opinions at all expressed on the other side . " He went on to say that it was no part of his duty to teach the right hon . gentlemen ...
... House , and he added , amid loud laughter and cheers from the Ministerialists , " There have been no opinions at all expressed on the other side . " He went on to say that it was no part of his duty to teach the right hon . gentlemen ...
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