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Insults - Geocities  (Of David Lloyd George) He could not see a belt without hitting below it. Margot Asquith, British socialite, 1864-19 ..... There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that it has not at one time been said by some philosopher. ... These are bagpipes.
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Bizarre News - You Shouldn't Believe Everything You Read  The #1 ALL NATURAL Diet Product - $2.99 A Bottle ... benefits for middle-aged and older adults," said principal investigator Dr. Gary Small. ... Traditionally, these include games such as crossword puzzles, but with the ... "He could not see a belt without hitting below it." - Margot Asquith on David Lloyd George. "Richard...
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10 Classic Political Insults | Mental Floss  Aug 9, 2016 ... MARGOT ASQUITH of DAVID LLOYD GEORGE ... wife famously commenting that He could not see a belt without hitting below it. ... Ewart Gladstone, of whom he famously said, he has not one single redeeming defect.
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You, Sir, Are... - WSJ  Feb 4, 2005 ... These posters show what's wrong with British politics. This Punch and ... One MP demanded of Churchill during a debate: "Must you fall asleep while I'm speaking?" "No," Churchill replied, "it is ... And Margot Asquith said of Lloyd George: "He could not see a belt without hitting below it." Touch&eacute;.
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'ignorant' Kitchener: waspish wartime diaries of Margot Asquith  Jun 8, 2014 ... Margot Asquith, wife of the Liberal PM at the outbreak of the first world war, ... Inevitably David Lloyd George, who ousted her husband in 1916 as prime ... told the Observer that it was particularly significant because "these aren't ... He said of Margot's record of other people's comments: "Much detail  will...
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Historian Andrew Roberts imagines what would have happened if ...  Mar 8, 2010 ... Different story: Margaret Thatcher must shout from the backbenches under a Foot Government .... but as Foot told the Commons: 'They are mere baubles beside our ... policies on Europe, especially after he had publicly said 'No, no, no' to ... Elizabeth Hurley, 51, flaunts her famous cleavage and lean legs in...
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The Man Without a Country - The Atlantic  For it was as "The Man without a Country" that poor Philip Nolan had generally ... the esprit de corps of the profession and the personal honor of its members, that to the ... That evening he asked Nolan to take him out in his skiff, to show him a ..... and poor George Pons went to his grave in the belief that this was the author of...
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David Blunkett: It's that vision thing | Politics | The Guardian  Jul 18, 1998 ... Perhaps more than any other spending minister, David Blunkett ... USA  europe  UK  skiing ... that Blunkett, already one of the Cabinet's half dozen heavyweights, has ... and so fail to register the less obvious but more important qualities of the ... It was clear they didn't want him to bring his dog, presumably...
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The King and Queen stand amid the bomb damage at ... - Pinterest  Now I can look the East End in the face. ... effect and the Queen was famously to utter "I'm glad we have been bombed. ... King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting bomb damaged streets in the East End ... the Queen Mother) inspect the damage to a cinema building in Baker Street after it ..... She was a famous courtesan.
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It irritates me to be told how things always have been done ... I defy ...  Civil War nurse nicknamed ANGEL OF THE BATTLEFIELD was quoted as saying It ..... work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. ... Not only did she serve and survive the Civil War, but Ms. Barton went on to ...... Lorde met Frances Clayton, the woman who was to be her companion for...
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Want To Know Thatcher's Legacy? Look Around You | Huffington Post  Apr 16, 2013 ... ... takes place tomorrow, is the epitaph to that magnificent building's architect, Sir C... ... It reads, if you seek his monument, look around you ... about her corrosive effect on British society and a hypocritical lefty lack of empathy...
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Nigeria: In London, Not to Look At the Queen - allAfrica.com  Mar 29, 2007 ... ... learned in my primary school: "Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been. I have been to London to look at the Queen. ... My husband later told me that it's called turbulence. During my first trip, I went shopping and went to the cinemas, but I didn't go to as many places as my sister. ..... Cardiff city centre.
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Queen & Honours~ those who said 'No' - Geni  It shows that Lowry turned down more honours than anybody else, with a ... Film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock turned down a CBE in 1962, but went on to accept a knighthood ... have rejected or returned honours bestowed upon them by the monarch. ... Dukedom. Sir Winston Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, PC (Can), FRS,...
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Edward Albee Society  At the end of the act, Martha humiliates George in front of their guests by calling ... Honey, although slow to catch on, realizes that Nick has shared the sordid ... by destroying the illusion of a son that he and Martha created so many years ago ... Albee comments on George and Martha's imaginary son as a metaphor for this...
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H. H. Asquith - Wikipedia  Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC (12 September 1852  15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the ... 1924) ended in defeat; he died in 1928. His role, both in the First World War and in the fall of the Liberal Party, remains controversial.
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"Caesar-Brutus Speech" in the debate about his Resolutions against ...  "Caesar," said he, "had his Brutus, Charles his Cromwell, and (pausing) George the third ... On May 29, 1765, Mr. Henry plucked the veil from the shrine of parliamentary omnipotence. ... This circumstance passed while he was speaking: "Caesar," cried he, "had his Brutus; Charles the ... If this be treason, make the most of it.
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Georges Clemenceau - Wikiquote  He was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles at the ... indeed, even with satisfaction, for they see in the ruin only a promise of future harvests. .... there is mention that "A witty Frenchman has said of us: 'The United States of ... Mr. Wilson bores me with his Fourteen Points; why, God Almighty has only Ten!
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Constant Inanity: June 2007  Jun 30, 2007 ... He wasn't sure that he could pick out Toronto's water from the group of 11, ..... says, irked with any suggestion that getting knocked on to a concrete floor a ..... her punching other skaters in the face as she passed them on the track. ... A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway  Little Women by Louisa May...
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Victoria of the United Kingdom - Wikiquote  We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist. ... to Arthur Balfour during the "Black Week" of the Boer War, as quoted in The Columbia ... that Victoria said that she had never said the famous phrase (see the clip at 5:56 in...
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Lloyd George ministry - Wikipedia  The Lloyd George ministry, was a coalition government led by David Lloyd George, which came to power in the United Kingdom in December 1916. It replaced the earlier wartime coalition under H. H. Asquith, which had been held responsible for losses during the Great War.
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David Lloyd George - Wikipedia  David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863  26 March ... He was the last Liberal to serve as Prime Minister. ... Although he became leader of the Liberal Party in the late 1920s, he was unable to regain power, .... of the British Empire per se, but in a speech at Birkenhead (21 November...