| 单词 | all the virtues |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAll the Virtues All the Virtues n. British Politics (chiefly ironic) (now rare) any of various bodies of members in the House of Commons; spec. the members of William Gladstone's administration during his ministries of 1868–74 and 1880–5. [After All the Talents, applied to the Grenville Ministry of 1806–7 (see talent n. 6d).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > specific principles or policies > supporters of reformist1641 reformer1648 engager1650 All the Virtues1816 Manchester school1846 fair trader1881 Manchestrist1882 Little Englander1889 Manchesterian1897 tariff-reformer1903 Little Englander Liberal1909 Poplarist1925 marketeer1962 Eurosceptic1978 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [noun] > a particular government or the administration governmenta1544 administration1649 ministry1710 All the Virtues1869 1816 G. Bingham Let. 1 Jan. in Cornhill Mag. (1900) Jan. 34 Bonaparte..has heard that ‘All the Virtues’, with Sir Francis Burdett at their head, were to advocate his cause and recall. 1869 Owl 3 Mar. 4/1 This Administration will live in history not as ‘All the Talents’, but as ‘All the Virtues’. 1870 Church Herald 5 Jan. 178/1 This same administration of ‘All the Virtues’ has with rare tact created a widespread feeling of indignation and soreness in our most valuable colonies. 1873 Judy 15 Oct. 259/2 The Gladstone Cabinet has been nicknamed the ‘Ministry of all the Virtues’. 1883 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 539/1 Ministerial doings in this country under the Administration of All the Virtues. 1917 G. W. E. Russell Politics & Personalities i. iii. 33 A Ministry of All the Talents and All the Virtues, such as that under which we just now have the happiness to live. < as lemmas |
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