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They found what was called toryism and high churchism in the ascendant, and self-interest or prejudice induced most of the more early settlers of this description to fall in with the more powerful and favoured party; while influenced by the representations of the old loyalist party they shunned the other American settlers as republicans.
Roughing It in the Bush Susanna Moodie 1844
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Many of the founders welcomed the economic crisis because it would force Americans to abandon the luxuries that Thomas Jefferson called a “more baneful evil than toryism was during the war.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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“The residence of Congress in the bosom of toryism & the encouragement given to them is as impolitic as it is unjust.”
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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“The residence of Congress in the bosom of toryism & the encouragement given to them is as impolitic as it is unjust.”
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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But they were a handy way of repackaging one nation toryism for a new generation with a bit of moral philosophy smeared on top, and they might have grabbed the ‘hope’ lot and taken some votes off the LDs on an anyone-but-Gordon platform.
Goodbye, big society Alix Mortimer 2010
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Philip Blond's 'red toryism' project continues to attract attention, not least from the Left.
Archive 2009-02-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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That is the judgement of Prospect editor David Goodhart on 'red toryism' - the phrase used by Philip Blond to describe the communitarian agenda he has begun to outline for the centre-right.
Archive 2009-02-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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Derbyshire ends his article by referring to what is perhaps the most surprising aspect of Blond's red toryism – the fact that it is being noticed.
Archive 2009-02-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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Fairlie's views of toryism, like his views of most things (America, women, Parliament, Scotch), were deeply romantic.
Reagan Was Wrong 2009
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John Derbyshire's NS article places Blond's red toryism in the context of both historic conservative thought and contemporary conservative intellectual lineage.
Archive 2009-02-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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