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1873
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
1876
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
1903
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
1909
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
able
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
accorded
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
actual
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
admitted
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
Alexander
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Alington's
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
all
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
also
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
AlthoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
always
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Archdeacon
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
Arthur
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
assemblies
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
became
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
Black
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
bomb
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
Bowles
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
Butt
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Byng
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
C
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
careful
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
cartoon
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
cartoons
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Chaplains
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
characteristics
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
chronic
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
Clerk
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Col
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Commons
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
considerably
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
course
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
courtesy
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
days
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
death
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
Desk
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Dillon
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Disraeli
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Distinguished
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
drawings
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
drawn
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
E
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
equally
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
exclusively
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
explosionnounUS /ɪkˈsploʊʒən/
a sudden violent burst of sound or force
From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
F
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
facilities
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
fact
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
Fair
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
far
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
few
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
following
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
forget
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
Fourth
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
gave
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
Gibson
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Gladstone
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
go
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
Graphic
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Hall
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
health
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
Henry
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Hill
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
home
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
House
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
inner
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
invalid
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
Irish
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Isaac
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
labours
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
latter
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
limited
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
LOBBY
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
lobby-list
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
Londonderry
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Lord
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Lords
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
Lytton
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
main
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
making
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
method
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Midleton
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Millais
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Mitchell
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
most
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
Mr
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
name
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
Napier
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Northbrook
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
number
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
observation
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
Paget
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Palgrave
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
paper
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
parliamentary
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Parnell
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
part
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
Party
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
pass
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Pellegrini
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
pencil
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
people
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
permanently
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
permit
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
portraits
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
present
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
pretty
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
privilege
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
privileged
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
procured
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
prohibited
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
publication
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
purpose
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
reduced
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
remained
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
responsible
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
result
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
returned
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
Rev
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
Rod
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Seely
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
shared
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
sketching
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
soldiers
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
some
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
strangers
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
studying
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Sturt
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
subjects
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
time
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
two
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
use
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From this reading Of course, actual sketching or the use of the pencil in both assemblies was prohibited (for the privilege of a pass was also accorded me in the House of Lords through the courtesy of the Black Rod) but after careful observation I was always able to go home and express on paper the result.
Vanity
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Viscount
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
way
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
week
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Westminster
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From this reading I must not forget that in 1903, after the bomb explosion in Westminster Hall, that the number of people admitted to the inner lobby was considerably reduced, in fact, from that time to the present the strangers are few and far between, but although my permit was limited to two days a week my name remained in the lobby-list until I retired from the paper in the latter part of 1909.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
Wilberforce
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From this reading IN THE LOBBY In the House.--Distinguished soldiers.--The main Lobby.--The Irish Party.--Isaac Butt.--Mr. Mitchell Henry.--Parnell and Dillon.--Gladstone and Disraeli.--Lord Arthur Hill.--Lord Alexander Paget.--Viscount Midleton.--Mr. Seely.--Lord Alington's cartoon.--Chaplains of the "House"--Rev. F. E. C. Byng.--Archdeacon Wilberforce.--The "Fourth Party."--Lord Northbrook and Col. Napier Sturt.--Lord Lytton.--The method of Millais.--Lord Londonderry.
work
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From this reading In 1876 I returned to _Vanity Fair_, permanently and exclusively to work for that publication, when Pellegrini and I shared our labours pretty equally until his health gave way and he became a chronic invalid, so that for some years before his death I was responsible for most of the cartoons in the paper.
year
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.
years
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From this reading Although from the year 1873, I had drawn all the cartoons in _Vanity Fair_, and Mr. Gibson Bowles had procured a privileged pass for me in the inner lobby of the House of Commons for the purpose of studying the characteristics of my parliamentary subjects, the same facilities were accorded me through Mr. Palgrave (Clerk of the Desk), where for the two following years I was making drawings and portraits for the _Graphic_.