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Recollections

1917

At the same time he did not at all deny the advantage of the leader of the Hciuse of Commons being also the titular leader of the party. [...] This was to secure the point that the leader of the H. of C. was to see all telegrams and dispatches of the F. O. It was iportant that he and I should meet first. [...] The new Government sailed out on the crest of the wave and the very next day found itself in the trough of a boiling sea. [...] The sky brilliant the air keen and fresh the green of the fields and woods wonderfully radiant after parched England ; the landscape of eastern Clare pretty the people tidy the knowledge of what lies under the social surface rather exciting and the consciousness that one was doing duty and business all very conducive to contentment. [...] He told me that when the police heard that I had said the state of Clare was a disgrace to civilisation they said to him The Chief Secretary is getting to know Ireland." The C. I. D. I. and the sharp little J. dined with me at my inn—soup leg of mutton apple pie and Giesler ! The carpet still unswept and the attendant unshaven unwashed with a look as if he had slept in the stable but th
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Pages
456
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.143214
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vi John Morley view
Book III
1-52 unknown view
Book IV Policies and Persons
53-146 unknown view
Book V A Short Page in Imperial History
147-340 unknown view
Book VI A Critical Landmark
341-372 unknown view
Index
373-449 unknown view
Backmatter
i-i unknown view

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