Palmerston

It was an unfair criticism, at least of Canning and Palmerston, tied though the latter's hands were by court and colleagues.

It was a false move, upon which Palmerston and Russell seized with eagerness and,—it may be imagined,—private glee.

They stood in opposition to Palmerston and the peers of the realm,—the press, the aristocracy, and the mill-owners.

Palmerston offered Cobden a choice between a baronetcy and a Privy Councillorship as a reward for his services.

She was good enough to add that the comic papers had christened Lord Palmerston "the venerable cupid."