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That is to say, he decided always in favour of the lady, which has been the majestic course of Justice for centuries, till the appearance of Mrs. , the lady who should have married the great Home-Ruler. Thus the wily Scudamore obtained a sitting-room, with the prettiest outlook in the house, or indeed in any house in that part of the world for many leagues of seeking.
There were also present one or two reporters, and a posse of the offscourings of Stoneleigh small-boydom. We drove in state to the hotel. Previous to this I shook hands warmly with the Station-master, who scowled at me he was a Home-Ruler and a Baptist and gave four porters half-a-crown apiece for lifting our luggage on to the roof of a cab.
They always knew exactly what he stood for, and whether he was a Unionist or a Home-ruler, a Free-trader or a Protectionist. He was never seeking for a safe point to rest on, one which, in the immortal language of the politician in the Biglow Papers, would leave him "frontin' south by north."
In the case of one man this was due to influence exerted over him by a friend. In that of another it was due to hostility to some colleague or rival. The personal element deflected the course of history. In the case of the Duke of Devonshire such explanations are unthinkable. It is impossible to imagine him a Home-ruler out of devotion to Mr.
"But you wouldn't try experiments with a volcano?" "I would try any experiment with Ireland which it wants, and which I did not think dangerous," The Bradder said, and he seemed to be wholly occupied in trying to say as little as possible without appearing to be ashamed or afraid of his opinions. "So you are a Radical, but not a Home-Ruler.
"I can't believe it, I really can't why, the Radicals want to ruin the army, spend no money on the navy, make magistrates of Tom, Dick, and Harry, and top everything by letting Ireland do what it likes. They are a dangerous crew." "I am not a Home-Ruler, though every one must admit that our way of managing Ireland up to the present has not been fortunate."
O'Mahony, as hot a Home-Ruler and Landleaguer as any of them, who was undoubtedly a gentleman, though an American gentleman. Can it be possible that we are wrong in our opinions respecting the others of the set?
Knowing this, Frank Jones was anxious to leave his home in time, as he was aware that the hounds would be carried on to Moytubber as quickly as possible. Black Daly had sworn a solemn oath that he would draw Moytubber in the teeth of every Home-Ruler and Land Leaguer in County Galway. A word or two must be said descriptive of Black Daly, as he was called, the master of the Galway hounds.
But things are changed now. Sir Nicholas's neighbours, such of them at least that are Protestants, regard Sir Nicholas as equal to themselves. They do not care much for his religion, but they know that he is not a Home-Ruler, or latterly, since the Land League sprang into existence, a Land Leaguer.
O'Mahony about his book, as to which he was already beginning to be a little out of heart. But he bore the quizzing well, and was thoroughly good-humoured as he saw the lord and his daughter sitting on the front seat before him. "I am a Landleaguing Home-Ruler, you know, my lord, of the most advanced description.
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