Vulgar words in She and I, Volume 2 - A Love Story. A Life History. (Page 1)
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Perhaps, if ministers were subjected to some such ordeal--and there might be a good deal in it if it were only properly conducted--they would find themselves fit to grapple with more vital matters than political pyrotechnics, which are only fired off to suit popular clamour; and, were they better acquainted with history, especially that of their own country--as they would be, if forced to "cram" like the commissioners' candidates--they would hesitate before sacrificing the old renown of England, and the interests which she has consolidated with her blood and treasure for generations, to suit a bastard diplomacy invented by the "peace-at-any-price" party of patriotism-less patriots!