… many of his old political and club acquaintances. Founded at the time of the dissolution of the Divan Club, this elite gathering called itself the Brotherhood of the Knights of St Francis. The first meetings are said to have taken …
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… the satirical phrase ‘parish state’ for what he saw as a system serving the class interests of an (inadequate) ratepayer elite: 'Churchwardens Constables and Overseers Makes up the round of Commons and of Peers With learning just enough to …
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