“Well, you see with what flying colours we finished
our Irish Church Bill last night. A great body of the Tories are absolutely
furious with the Beau—for what wd.
you suppose? as two of them told me to my own self—for
want of pluck!”*
Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Soldier and statesman; commander in the Peninsular Campaign (1809-1813), he defeated
Napoleon at Waterloo and was prime minister (1828-1830).
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Source Description:
Author: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838
Title:The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the
late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903).
Electronic Edition:
Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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Markup and editing by: David Hill Radcliffe
Completed June 2011
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Publisher: Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Tech
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