IWASdoublycharmedbyyourletter,firstbecauseitmademelaughmyself,andsecondlybecauseIsawthatyoucouldstil ...
Albertwasveryangry.HehighlydisapprovedbothofPalmerston'spolicyandofhismethodsofaction.Hewasopposedto ...
AfewdayslaterVictoriapouredoutherhearttoheruncle.ThefirstofMay,shesaid,was"theGREATESTdayinourhistor ...
Stockmar,whohadreturnedtoEngland,watchedthedepartureofLordMelbournewithsatisfaction.Ifallwentwell,th ...
Sundaycame,asbrilliantasiftherewerenosorrow,ordeath,orguiltintheworld;adayortwoofrainhadmadetheearth ...
Theallianceprospered,andthewardrewtowardsaconclusion.BoththeQueenandthePrince,itistrue,weremostanxio ...
Nevertheless,hecouldnotquitegiveupallhope.Anotheropportunityoffered,andhemadeanothereffort--butthere ...
Itseemedthatthetimehadcomeforanotherstep.TheKing'snextletterwasfullofforeignpolitics--thesituationin ...
CICEROandhissongreetTirowarmly.Wepartedfromyou,asyouknow,onthe2ndofNovember.WearrivedatLeucasonthe6t ...
Thesefantastichallucinations,theresultofthefeveredatmosphereofapproachingwar,weredevoidofanybasisina ...
[*]Theexclamation"Theywishedtotreatmelikeagirl,butIwillshowthemthatIamQueenofEngland!"oftenquotedast ...
WiththefinalemergenceofthePrincecamethefinalextinctionofLordMelbourne.Ayearafterhislossofoffice,heha ...
"PerhapsImayseeitagainwhenIamgrownold;Ididnotthinkexactlywhat'never'meant;itissoverylongsinceIwasthe ...
[*]"TheTurkishwarbothfarandnearHasplayedtheverydeucethen,AndlittleAl,theroyalpal,TheysayhasturnedaRu ...
Victoriawasinecstasies;andAlbertknewthatthetriumphwashisevenmorethanLordJohn's.ItwashiswishthatLordG ...