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Policy in Zululand, the Irish Question in the Falkland Islands, and
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 26, 1892 Various
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It is true that, as Lord DUFFERIN said when moving the Address in the Lords, no one in Ireland appears to want the Bill; but then, as Colonel SIDNEY PEEL, the Mover in the Commons, remarked with equal truth, the ordinary rules of thought do not apply to the Irish Question.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18 Various
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American antagonism over the Irish Question has not been conciliated by this strange oversight.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 18, 1919 Various
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-- I forget how many weeks ago it is since Mr. BONAR LAW announced that the Government were going to make one more effort to settle the Irish Question, and that in due course the
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 Various
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But he made it clear that whatever he might accept in his time and generation was not to be the last word on the Irish Question.
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Mr Wyndham from office when he was feeling his way towards the concession of Home Rule -- or equivalent proposals under another name; and how they thus destroyed in their generation the last hope of a settlement by Consent of the Irish Question -- although a settlement along these lines was what Gladstone most desired.
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'Another meeting on the Irish Question in Chelsea led to no clearer expression of opinion than had the previous one, for it was concluded by Mr. Westlake, Q.C.,
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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In the English home politics of 1887, the Irish Question predominated as it had never done before: Home Rule was being thrashed out on every platform.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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I have sent him word that he has my leave to publish anything ever written or said by me on the Irish Question, either to him or to anyone else ....
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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And I rather fancy the Countess of Frensham is coming, she's strong on the Irish Question, and Lady Venetia
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