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    MB. FBOUDEPS IBISH ROMANCE*

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    John Bright* Seldom Has The Death Of A P...

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    of national - m - ¦ self ¦¦ « jk -will * •* and Mr b-m ^^> . Gladstone >> u - ¦ ib ' ¦ ad - mitted no more than , the truth when he

    1 declared that . B ^ _ the ^ K most eloquent ^ M of .- _ - his ^ A a former _ colleagues was a man who was always prepared

    to ' lay his popularity as a sacrifice upon the altar of his duty . ' „ Three biographies of Mr .

    Bright lie on our table , of which by far the most ^ ^ ^ *»^ ¦ n ^ ^ important ~ ™ - ¦— — ™ - ™~ ¦ ' is ^—— - ^ that — ^^—^^ ^^^» ^ b- ¦ by m Mr ^ mr- ^^^ p »—b ^» . bp Barnett ^^^¦ 'ww ^^^ ^^ ^^ bbbp bv « bp v S ^^ p- ^ mith bb > aB *>^^ ^^» - ^ m —b »^^

    on —a the volume same of author nearl ' y s four larger hundred work , and page broug s , based ht

    clown to the death the other day of the illustrious orator and statesman . Mr . Barnett

    . Smith ' s book has special claims for consideration as a fairly adequatecandidand

    wellwritten estimate ; moreover , , much , of the material it contains was supplied by Mr .

    c hap ght ters ' s were own personall hand , and y revised all but by the him . closing The

    up following Mr . passage Barnett speaks Smith ' for s itself verdict , and : c sums Mr .

    Bright was favoured by nature for the work he had to do . Though not of imposing stature

    his form and bearing were such as to create at , once an impression in liis favour . Robust in

    figureand with a fine , genial , Saxon face , his very g ^ lance was sufficient to fix his audience fc .

    Like us with Colerid his ge g ' littering s Ancient eye Mariner " and , that 'he held eye

    B B B HA B , , indi which ^^ gnation ^ was of ^^ and a deep ^ now blue ^ beam , could wi ^^^ th now the flash * " ^ soft , li with g ht - . ¦

    of sympathy , . His broad face , high , full forehead , and mobile mouth were all in keeping

    with the oratory which was so characteristic of him . His voicein its meridian strengthwas

    remarkably clear , and of great compass , reach , - ing a crowd of fifteen thousand persons almost

    as and eas fifty ily . as The it could speech address itself itself was always to a hundred

    aingularly now impregn clear and ate vivi d with d , now earnestness rippling with and humour pathos . ,

    of Who the can princi but p admire les of his individual unswerving and advocacy national

    h justice ave no , d f uty ear i , and and hie righteousness motto h < 4 Be ? just The just and

    —¦ ' —^™ - v m ^^ ^^ ^* " ^^^ ^^ - ^ ^^» , w ^» ^ —*» ^^ ^ " - ^™ ^^ ^^ ^^ —^ . « ^ h ^ h ^^ — 1— ^ - ^^ ' ^» r , ^¦ ^^^^—~ ^^^ ¦ —— - ^ , - ^ ™ — - — ^ always fear not endeavoured , ' * indicated to the act . spirit Even in his which enemies he

    admired the moral courage of Mr . Bright ; it was " » ~^ r ^ r ¦ tm a ^^ ^ valour » ^ . ^^ ^^ ¦ ^^ ^™ ^^ m both w- ^^ ' ^^ ^^ ¦ ~ ^ ^^ unmistakable " *^^» ^ v . v ^^ ^^ a ^ B ^ p ^ 1 h ^^ ^ . r ^^ ^ . ^^ ^ r ^ v ~*^^ ^^ ^^^ ¦ and ^ ™ " ^^ ^^^ ennobling - ^^ ^^ ^^ ' — ' - ^ ——¦ ^ f 1 ¦ ' » ' — - - ^^^ . ^

    to It was the his charge very devotion of intolerance to the ri being ght which broug led ht

    intolerance against him against . But his wrong intoleran . He ce had was a large only

    insincerity and "'^ r ^ W p > p ^ p > w v ^ catholic ^^ r ^ bj ^ p ^¦^¦ r pi ^ B *^ r a and ^ Bj *^ pp ip ^ Ba ^ B nature ^^ p ^^ Bf buffoonery ¦^ pw ^ ^^*^ BV t . pp ^ ^ p ^ sp , ^ bb ^ bb > but ^^ . ^^^ p *^ . ^ V he * in "" ^^ . ^* HJ politics ^ V ^ pp revolted ^ — i— p > p < ¦ b > * b ^ ~^^ r ^ - ^^ . v ' against

    entitled Mr . Francis l The Life Watt and , O in inions a shilling of the volume Riht g

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    c extracts idents in from the his career speeches of that and letters statesman are intro , and

    questions duced so as which to thro he w had light at on heart the . Within great public such

    compass any length it is into of cours the many i e impossible now historical to enter bi ep at i-

    Bright socles B » b * * m m ^ m w ^ ^ pr ' which s ** ¦¦ % career ^^ ^^ " ¦^^ —**^ ^^ marked *^ ; and ^ 1 * *^ ¦ * ^•^ < thoug ^^^ . bj . ma the m mm ^ m m h ^^ progress ~ Mr ^^ p » ^ » . Watt ^^¦ " ¦ » ^ r ^ p » - p ^ ^ of has — ¦ w w - ^ Mr — the ™— . — .

    good taste to steer clear of the vice of excessive

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    Mb. Fboudeps Ibish Romance*

    MB . FBOUDEPS IBISH ROMANCE *

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 15, 1889, page 411, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15041889/page/9/