George Saintsbury, The Earl of Derby (1892), p. 199
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Lord Derby had no very consistent or thoroughgoing theory of politics, that he never gave himself the trouble to make one, that he would not improbably have been hampered and irked by one if he had had it.
— George Saintsbury on Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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Source: Wikiquote: "Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby" (Quotes about Lord Derby)
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About George Saintsbury
George Edward Bateman Saintsbury (23 October 1845 – 28 January 1933) was a prolific and popular English historian and literary scholar.
About George Saintsbury
George Edward Bateman Saintsbury (23 October 1845 – 28 January 1933) was a prolific and popular English historian and literary scholar.
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